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

Quote by Stokely Carmichael

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An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as...

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as...

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...

A man is born free.

A man is born free.

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.

Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of...

Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of...

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.

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 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...

No man can given anybody his freedom.

No man can given anybody his freedom.

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

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

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people,...

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people,...

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...

We are revolutionaries.

We are revolutionaries.

We wanted to say that this is a student conference, as it should be, held...

We wanted to say that this is a student conference, as it should be, held...

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and...

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and...

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

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,...

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....

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...

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...