The ability to read is the ability to free yourself from opp... - Stokely Carmichael

"The ability to read is the ability to free yourself from oppression."

Stokely Carmichael Education

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."

"We are going to initiate a plan to get rid of every Black man and woman in this country."

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

"Black is beautiful."

"Education opens doors."

"Education opens doors to endless possibilities."

"I ain't got the education you got, bub."

"You can't put a price on history."