Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
Stokely CarmichaelThe philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
Stokely CarmichaelI knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.
Stokely CarmichaelSo that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it's not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities.
Stokely Carmichael