Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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“black power is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community, it is a call for black people to begin to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations, and to support those organizations, it is a call to reject the racist institutions and al-ues of this society.” stokelv carmichael Charles v. hamilton

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when the moon is in the seventh house and jupiter aligns w ith mars then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars this is the dawning of the age of aquarius the age of aquarius harmony and understanding sympathy and trust abounding no more falsehoods and derisions clothed in living dreams and visions mystic crystal revelation and the mind’s true liberation aquarius, aquarius

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BUCK PEOPLE: 10% IN U. S. 22 % IN VIETNAf “we have been put down long enough, we want equality and we want it now. and the only way we can obtain it is through black power.” “how hard it is for people to see their own racism — the easiest way to see is to look for the words ‘white’ or ‘black’, the words black and white should only refer to physical characteristics — how ridiculous anything else would be; but we are almost all ridiculed by that lie, deceived and driven to despair by it.” “i would just like to live peacefully with the black man as my equal, my next door neighbor, mv friend.” 17