Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian-American revolutionary active in the Civil Rights Movement, and later, the global Pan-African movement. Growing up in the United States from the age of 11, he graduated from Howard University. He rose to prominence in the civil rights and Black Power movements, first as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, later as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party, and finally as a leader of the All-African...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth29 June 1941
CountryUnited States of America
An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.
I ain't going to jail no more. The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin' us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin' now is Black Power!
The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!
I place my own hope for the United States in the growth of belief among the unqualified that they are in fact qualified: they can articulate and be responsible and hold power
One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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.
One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.
Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.
What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
This country is a nation of thieves. It stole everything it has, beginning with black people. The U.S. cannot justify its existence as the policeman of the world any longer. I do not want to be a part of the American pie. The American pie means raping South Africa, beating Vietnam, beating South America, raping the Philippines, raping every country you’ve been in. I don’t want any of your blood money. I don’t want to be part of that system. We must question whether or not we want this country to continue being the wealthiest country in the world at the price of raping everybody else.