Black Power Quotes

21 quotes by 14 authors

So 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… — Stokely Carmichael
We wanted black power to be all things to all people. — Cleveland Sellers
Black power got to moving so fast that we miscalculated the fallout. I certainly have to take some of the responsibility of that; but there… — Cleveland Sellers
An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with… — Stokely Carmichael
It is necessary to understand that Black Power is a cry of disappointment. The Black Power slogan did not spring full grown from the head… — Martin Luther
We had to learn that we're beautiful. We had to relearn something forcefully taken from us. We had to learn about Black power. People have… — Assata Shakur
Black power is organizing the rage of Black people and putting new hard questions and demands to white America. — Charles Hamilton Houston
Black Power simply means: Look at me, I'm here. I have dignity. I have pride. I have roots. I insist, I demand that I participate… — Whitney M. Young
You donâ€™t get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They didnâ€™t… — Whitney M. Young
Marcus Garvey was one of the first advocates of Black Power, and is still today the greatest spokesman ever to have been produced by the… — Walter Rodney
Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can't win... the view that American society is so hopelessly corrupt… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because its aim is… — Dalai Lama
Sure to prove indispensable for the study of Black Power. — Herb Boyd
In my judgment, the slogan "black power" and what has been associated with it has set the civil rights movement back considerably in the United… — Robert Kennedy
Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. — Barbara Jordan
Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny. — Huey Newton
Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it. — Stokely Carmichael
We wanted to say that this is a student conference, as it should be, held on a campus, and that we're not ever to be… — Stokely Carmichael

Who Wrote These Black Power Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 21 Black Power Quotes as follows: