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.

Stokely Carmichael

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.

Stokely Carmichael

The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then.

Stokely Carmichael

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

Stokely Carmichael

If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.

Stokely Carmichael

What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.

Stokely Carmichael

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

Stokely Carmichael

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

Stokely Carmichael

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.

Stokely Carmichael

A man is born free.

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

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

Stokely Carmichael