We are going to stand up and be counted. We are going to def... - Stokely Carmichael

"We are going to stand up and be counted. We are going to define ourselves."

Stokely Carmichael Courage

Civil Rights Leader, Activist Trinidadian-American 1941–1998

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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of people is an act of rebellion."

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"Don't beg for your rights, take them."

"Black is beautiful."

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

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