“ 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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 1.2K
“ In a sense, I blame ourselves - together with the mass media - for what has happened in Watts, Harlem, Chicago, Cleveland, Omaha. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 818
“ The first need of a free people is to define their own terms. ”
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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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 140
“ Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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“ The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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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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“ Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 944
“ I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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“ So 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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 377
“ So 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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 2K
“ I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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“ We wanted to say that this is a student conference, as it should be, held on a campus, and that we're not ever to be caught up in the intellectual masturbation of the question of Black Power. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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“ So 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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
- 808
“ So 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. ”
- Stokely Carmichael- Copy
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