The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
STOKELY CARMICHAELOne of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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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 ain’t going to jail no more. The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin’ us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin’ now is Black Power!
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We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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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 secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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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 you know where I got my name.
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There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
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The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!
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If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.
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Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.
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One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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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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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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