Stokely Carmichael quotes

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. (Stokely Carmichael)
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
Stokely Carmichael
Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him.
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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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Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
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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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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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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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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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The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals. (Stokely Carmichael)
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
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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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I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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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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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 philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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No man can given anybody his freedom.
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Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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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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Dr. King's policy was, if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption. In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none. (Stokely Carmichael)
There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
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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 knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.
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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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