USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stokely Carmichael was a U.S. civil-rights activist who in the 1960s originated the Black nationalism rallying slogan, “Black power .” Born in Trinidad, he immigrated to New York City in 1952.

Detailed explanation-2: -As SNCC became more active politically, its members faced increased violence. In response, SNCC migrated from a philosophy of nonviolence to one of greater militancy after the mid-1960s, as an advocate of the burgeoning “Black power” movement, a facet of late 20th-century Black nationalism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carmichael became chairman of SNCC in 1966, taking over from John Lewis, an activist who later was elected to Congress. James Meredith had initiated a solitary March Against Fear in early June of that year from Memphis to Jackson, Mississippi.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1966 he became the chairman of SNCC, and during a march in Mississippi he rallied demonstrators in founding the “Black power” movement, which espoused self-defense tactics, self-determination, political and economic power, and racial pride.