Quote by Stokely Carmichael
An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a comm

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

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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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The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt. – Derek Fisher

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