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 CarmichaelI maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
Stokely CarmichaelOur noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
Stokely Carmichael