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Stokely Carmichael quotes: We are revolutionaries.

We are revolutionaries.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!

Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!

Stokely Carmichael quotes: The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.

What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then.

The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: The only position for women in SNCC is prone.

The only position for women in SNCC is prone.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!

The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!

Stokely Carmichael quotes: Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.

The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: No man can given anybody his freedom.

No man can given anybody his freedom.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: Now you know where I got my name.

Now you know where I got my name.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.

One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

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.

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 quotes: A man is born free.

A man is born free.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

Stokely Carmichael quotes: The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.