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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.

Stokely Carmichael

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Courage Enemy Time Vulnerable
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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Belief Growth Hold Hope Myself Place Power Qualification
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
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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Death End Run Scare Time
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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Beyond Black Claim Community Need Organization Power Slogan Strength Work
One 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.
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Black National People Struggle Tragedy Young
The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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Position Women
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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Define Freedom Need Terms
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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Black Civil Country People Right White
What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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Change Himself Liberty Position
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society
The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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Fear Function Life Secret Way
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
No man can given anybody his freedom.
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Freedom Man
The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Himself Man Philosophy Raise
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law

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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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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