March Against Fear (jun 6, 1966 – jun 25, 1966)
Description:
-started by James Meredith: 220 miles from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi, but was shot-continued by SNCC, SCLC, CORE, & MFDP
-Stokely Carmichael "Black Power" speech (vs SCLC "Freedom Now!" - divisions in movement exposed e.g. differing aims)
-(later?) MLK: Black Power "a slogan without a programme"
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Date:
jun 6, 1966
jun 25, 1966
~ 19 days