Stokely Carmichael Quotes

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• If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.

  Stokely Carmichael

  Attitude, Men, White Man

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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

  Kings, Heart, Order

  YouTube Channel "StefaniaStudio"/"The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975", www.youtube.com. March 23, 2011.

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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

  Running, Grandfather, Generations

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Government, Law, Political

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Secret, Way, No Fear

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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

  Country, Organization, People

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• This country is a nation of thieves. It stole everything it has, beginning with black people. The U.S. cannot justify its existence as the policeman of the world any longer. I do not want to be a part of the American pie. The American pie means raping South Africa, beating Vietnam, beating South America, raping the Philippines, raping every country you’ve been in. I don’t want any of your blood money. I don’t want to be part of that system. We must question whether or not we want this country to continue being the wealthiest country in the world at the price of raping everybody else.

  Stokely Carmichael

  Country, Mean, Blood

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Beautiful, Hair, Black

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Change, Fighting, Doe

  Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) (2007). “Stokely Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism”, p.110, Chicago Review Press

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Organization, Community, Needs

  Stokely Carmichael (1966). “What we want”

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Cynical, Democracy, Want

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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.

  Stokely Carmichael

  Order, White, People

  Black Power Address at UC Berkeley, delivered October 1966, Berkeley, CA

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• Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

  Stokely Carmichael

  Beautiful, Daughter, Home

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Freedom, People, Needs

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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!

  Stokely Carmichael

  Running, White, Scared

  Address at March Against Fear, 1966.

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• I ain't going to jail no more. The only
  way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin' us is to take over.
  What we gonna start sayin' now is Black Power!

  Stokely Carmichael

  Men, White Man, Jail

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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.

  Stokely Carmichael

  Struggle, Ghetto, Organization

  Stokely Carmichael (1966). “What we want”

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• No man can given anybody his freedom.

  Stokely Carmichael

  Men, Given

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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

  Country, Racism, Racist

  Black Power Address at UC Berkeley, delivered October 1966, Berkeley, CA

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Struggle, Hands, Facts

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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.

  Stokely Carmichael

  Responsibility, Fighting, Essence

  "Viva Che!: The Strange Death and Life of Che Guevara". Book by Andrew Sinclair, 2006.

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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

  Privilege, Vote, Revolutionary

  Black Power Address at UC Berkeley, delivered October 1966, Berkeley, CA

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Country, Hippie, Rights

  Black Power Address at UC Berkeley, delivered October 1966, Berkeley, CA

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

  Stokely Carmichael

  Society, Groups, Firsts

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• I place my own hope for the United States in the growth of belief among the unqualified that they are in fact qualified: they can articulate and be responsible and hold power

  Stokely Carmichael

  Growth, United States, Unqualified

  Stokely Carmichael (1971). “Stokely speaks; Black power back to Pan-Africanism”, Random House (NY)

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