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One Caribbean Nation. Shirley Chishlom Quotes: "When morality comes against profit, it is seldom that profit loses." "If they don't give you a seat at the table bring a folding chair" Walter Rodney Quote: " For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor." Harry Belafonte  Quote: " You can cage the singer but not the song." We conclude our contribution to Black History month, by honouring three Caribbean freedom fighters, who have contributed greatly to the struggle for Black Liberation. We urge all Caribbean institutions of learning, from kindergarten to unversity, to promote Black Studies. The Caribbean has been instrumental in the Black global struggle , for social and economic justice.  Flags of the Caribbean

One Caribbean Nation.   During this Black History Month, we will be highlighting , Caribbean citizens, and others with Caribbean roots, who have contributed to the Civil Rights movement and other struggles, of our Afro American brothers and sisters. Today, we feature Kwame Ture (Stokley Carmichael) who was born in Trinidad and Tobago. The former civil rights warrior died in Guinea in 1998 at age 57, of prostate cancer. And while he's no longer a household name in most places, Peniel Joseph says, Stokely Carmichael's legacy is the very notion of black power, "which was enormously successful in redefining the contours of African-American identity but also race relations in the United States — and globally."  Stokley Carmichael quotes:                                                  "  It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recog...