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Saying it loud

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1966--the year Black power challenged the civil rights movement

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In "crisp prose" (The New York Times) and novelistic detail Saying It Loud tells the story of how the Black Power phenomenon began to challenge the traditional civil rights movement in the turbulent year of 1966. Saying It Loud takes you inside the dramatic events in this seminal year, from Stokely Carmichael's middle-of-the-night ouster of moderate icon John Lewis as a chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to Carmichael's impassioned cry of "Black Power!" during a protest march in rural Mississippi. From Julian Bond's humiliating and racist ouster from the Georgia state legislature because of his antiwar statements to Ronald Reagan's election as California governor riding a "white backlash" vote against Black Power and urban unrest. From the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California, to the origins of Kwanzaa, the Black Arts Movement, and the first Black studies programs. From Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ill-fated campaign to take the civil rights movement north to Chicago to the wrenching ousting of the white members of SNCC. Deeply researched and widely reported, Saying It Loud offers brilliant portraits of the major characters in the yearlong drama and provides new details and insights from key players and journalists who covered the story. It also makes a compelling case for why the lessons from 1966 still resonate in the era of Black Lives Matter and the fierce contemporary battles over voting rights, identity politics, and the teaching of Black History. -- Provided by publisher.

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December 31, 1965: the road to Black power -- January 3: a murder in Tuskegee -- January 10: humiliated in Atlanta -- January 26: a new front in Chicago -- March 17: two toughs from Oakland -- May 3: the Black Panthers of Lowndes County -- May 13: a coup in Kingston Springs -- June 7: showdown at the Lorraine Motel -- June 16: a cry in the Mississippi night -- June 23: tear gas over Canton -- July and August: "Starmichael" on tour -- August 5: a rock in Marquette Park -- August 13: a dynamite bust in Philadelphia -- September 6: riot comes to Summerhill -- October 29: Berkeley and the backlash vote -- October: ten points from the Flatlands -- December 8: the Peg Leg Bates purge -- December 26: Black studies and the first Kwanzaa -- After 1966: of allies and messiahs.

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Whitaker, Mark. Saying it loud

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:16:52.732833+00:00
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  • Derived from: 23855716

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