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.
From Stokely Carmichael
I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
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.
There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then.
Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.
Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you allow to come into white schools. We have 94 percent who still live in shacks. We are going to be concerned about those 94 percent.
The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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