Whitaker notes that for years the rallying cry of the civil rights movement had been "Freedom now!" But, he says, on June 16, 1966, Carmichael ushered in a new call to arms — "Black Power ...

Author Peniel Joseph spoke about his book, Stokely: A Life, in which he examines the life and accomplishments of civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael who later changed his name to Kwame Ture.

Description. Author Peniel Joseph talks about the civil rights movement during the period of 1954 through 1965, and civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael who later changed his name to Kwame Ture.

Resurfacing a treasure trove of 50 archival documentary films, and series focused on the Black experience, indigenous rights, antisemitism, and rare interviews with civil rights leaders like Dr ...

Whitaker examines the pivotal year in his new book, Saying It Loud: 1966 — The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement. Whitaker notes that for years the rallying cry of the civil ...

On Stokely Carmichael's approach to the civil rights movement. What Stokely realized, particularly after the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, was that just registering Blacks in the South ...

Whitaker examines the pivotal year in his new book, Saying It Loud: 1966 — The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement. Whitaker notes that for years the rallying cry of the civil ...

Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what's happening in American race relations today traces back to 1966, the year the Black Panthers were formed. His new book is Saying It Loud.

It's also the year when when Stokely Carmichael replaced John Lewis as chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and challenged the tactic of non-violence. Whitaker examines the ...