apr 19, 1967 - April 19 1967

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Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC), coins the phrase "black power" in a speech in Seattle. He
defines it as an assertion of black pride and "the coming together of black
people to fight for their liberation by any means necessary." The term's
radicalism alarms many who believe the civil rights movement's
effectiveness and moral authority crucially depend on nonviolent civil
disobedience.

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