Quotes by Stokely Carmichael

A man is born free. (Stokely Carmichael)

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)

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks. (Stokely Carmichael)

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

Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him. (Stokely Carmichael)

Integration is a mans ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him. (Stokely Carmichael)

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. (Stokely Carmichael)

Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, wed be hard put to distinguish them. (Stokely Carmichael)

No man can given anybody his freedom. (Stokely Carmichael)

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. (Stokely Carmichael)