Quote by Stokely Carmichael
I knew that I could vote and that that wasnt a privilege it was my

I knew that I could vote and that that wasnt a privilege it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived. – 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. – Stokely Carmichael

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

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