June 1966

SNCC chairman Carmichael, speaking in Greenwood, Mississippi, declared 'We want Black Power!' — a slogan that transformed the political vocabulary of the civil rights movement, signaling a shift from integration toward Black self-determination and pride.

SNCC chairman Carmichael's declaration of 'Black Power!' in Greenwood, Mississippi transformed the political vocabulary of the civil rights movement, signaling a shift from integration toward Black self-determination and pride.

During the Meredith March Against Fear in Mississippi in 1966, SNCC chairman Stokely Carmichael delivered a speech calling for 'Black Power,' launching a new phase of the civil rights movement that emphasized Black self-determination, pride, and political control rather than integration. The phrase transformed American politics and culture and set the framework for Black political organizing for decades.

During the Meredith March in Mississippi, Stokely Carmichael delivered the speech in which he coined the phrase 'Black Power,' signaling a new direction in Black political thought that emphasized self-determination, racial pride, and institutional power rather than integration. The phrase reoriented Black political discourse for a generation.