Stokely Carmichael
Activist
1941-06-29
Quotes by Stokely Carmichael
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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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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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The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.
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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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Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard put to distinguish them.
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It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.
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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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Black is beautiful.
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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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