USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Malcolm X was the most influential thinker of what became known as the Black Power movement, and inspired others like Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale of the Black Panther Party.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1965, Carmichael worked with the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) in Alabama to support African American political candidates and register previously disenfranchised voters. The LCFO believed in armed self-defense and black political power.

Detailed explanation-3: -Before he became famous-and infamous-for calling on black power for black people, Stokely Carmichael was better known as a rising young community organizer in the civil rights movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stokely Carmichael was the controversial and charismatic young civil rights leader who, in 1966, popularized the phrase “black power.” Carmichael was a leading force in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), working in the Deep South to organize African American voters.