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…

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

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

Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone...

Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone...

It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their...

It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their...

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.

I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my...

I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my...

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times....

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times....

I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore...

I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore...

Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in...

Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in...

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

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

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have...

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have...

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.

Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of...

Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of...

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there...

One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there...

A man is born free.

A man is born free.

No man can given anybody his freedom.

No man can given anybody his freedom.

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that...

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that...

So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power,...

So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power,...

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.

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.