EVENT INFORMATION

16
June
1966

The call for Black Power gains a national platform in Greenwood

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📅 16 June 1966 📍 United States

During the March Against Fear, Stokely Carmichael and fellow organizers popularized the call for Black Power. It expressed demands for collective political and economic control as well as dignity. The phrase built on earlier organizing and sharpened debates about whether legal integration alone could transform unequal institutions.

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People in this event

Stokely Carmichael

Willie Ricks

Organizations in this Event

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee