Stokely Carmichael's Inspirational Speech Summary

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On June 16th, 1966 Stokely Carmichael delivered a very famous and inspirational speech to all the people in Greenwood, Mississippi. The purpose of his speech was to unite all the African American people together and to fight the power together. He called for blacks to start taking this into their own hands to do things such as organizing groups and committees to stand up against the unequal rights given o them and segregation. Carmichael powerfully sent out a message to reach down into their heritage to revolt against the American values. He urged the fact that they all had an importance in America together and not just the white men. After his speech most blacks did what the oppostie of what he though. The NAACP and other organizatons disagreed

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