Stokely Carmichael

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

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
Stokely Carmichael

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

The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
Stokely Carmichael

You see that honky McNamara on television? He ain't nothing but a racist. He says, "Yes, we are going to draft thirty percent of the Negroes in the Army. This is where they can have equal opportunity. Yeah. Yes? yes it's true that they are only ten percent of the population, but this is a better chance for them." When that honky talk about drafting thirty percent black people, he's talking about black urban removal?nothing else.
Stokely Carmichael

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
Stokely Carmichael

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