She is underestimating the force that can do her
the most harm.
"A real honest effort to remove the just grievances of the 22 million
Afro-Americans must be made immediately or in a short time it will be
too late."
The slogan "Black Power" exploded from a public address system in
Greenwood, Mississippi, in the summer of 1966, and as it reverberated
across America Stokeley Carmichael's motto spontaneously took on the
dimensions of a movement. James Meredith, who had become famous for
initiating federally backed integration of the University of
Mississippi, was making a one-man freedom march across the South. He
sought to demonstrate that blacks could walk through the South without
fear. When he was shot, civil rights leaders from across the land felt
compelled to continue his demonstration.
Martin Luther King representing S.C.L.C., Floyd McKissick from
C.O.R.E., Stokeley Carmichael of S.N.C.C. and several others discussed
the meaning and direction of the movement as they marched along the
road by day and as they sat together in motels at night. Their
discussion became a heated debate about both the tactics and the goals
of their struggle.
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