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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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Stokely Carmichael
Topic(s):
Strength
"No man can given anybody his freedom."
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Stokely Carmichael
Topic(s):
Freedom
"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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Stokely Carmichael
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Courage
"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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Stokely Carmichael
Topic(s):
Time
"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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Stokely Carmichael
Topic(s):
Freedom
"There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience."
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Stokely Carmichael
Topic(s):
Government
"Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks."
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Stokely Carmichael
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Society
"We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle."
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Stokely Carmichael
Topic(s):
Death
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