There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
STOKELY CARMICHAELSo that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn’t because of Black Power, isn’t because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it’s not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities.
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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No man can given anybody his freedom.
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I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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I place my own hope for the United States in the growth of belief among the unqualified that they are in fact qualified: they can articulate and be responsible and hold power
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Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
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What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
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Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they’re built upon racism.
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The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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The death of Che Guevara places a responsibility on all revolutionaries of the World to redouble their decision to fight on to the final defeat of Imperialism. That is why in essence Che Guevara is not dead, his ideas are with us.
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An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community – as SNCC does – must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan
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The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn’t know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me
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