![]() He had just been released from the Greenwood jail when he made the Black Power speech on June 16. On hearing that news, other civil rights campaigners, including Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SCNC) chairman Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998), decided to continue the march in Meredith's name., In Greenwood, Carmichael defied city orders by putting up tents to house Meredith March participants and was arrested, for the twenty-seventh time. ![]() Soon after starting his march, he was shot by a sniper. ![]() The popular slogan revealed a growing difference between the nationalist philosophy of SNCC and the more moderate stances of the NAACP and the SCLC., Rear, Black Power speech: On JJames Meredith began his solitary March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson, to protest racism. As Carmichael shouted five times, “We want black power!” the crowd became more and more enthusiastic. , Front, On June 16, 1966, SNCC chairman Stokely Carmichael, released from jail after defying City of Greenwood orders by putting up tents to house participants of the James Meredith “March Against Fear,” made his famous “Black Power” speech here to an agitated crowd of about 600. ![]()
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