Stokely Carmichael

A man is born free. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#free #man

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#close #enter #first #group #must

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#capitalism #stupid #system

I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#am #any #being #black #every

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#clearly #country #function #institutions #me

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#first #free #free people #need #own

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#audience #been #civil #civil rights #civil rights movement

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

— Stokely Carmichael

#enemy #had #harriet #just #more

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#death #fact #hand #struggle #walks

No man can given anybody his freedom. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#freedom #given #his #man