Civil Rights Movement: "Black Power" Era Facts

In 1967, Martin Luther King identified Chicago—not any Southern location—as the American city most hateful toward black people. "I've been in many demonstrations all across the South,"...

"I am 65 years old, I own 100 acres of land that is paid for, I am a taxpayer and I have six children. All of them is teachin', workin'... If what I done ain't enough to be a registered voter with...

U.S. population in 1970: 203,211,926 Black population in 1970: 22,580,289 (11%) Estimated number of blacks registered to vote in Mississippi in 1960: 22,000 Estimated number of blacks registered to...

Ku Klux Klan Black Panther Party (or Black Panther Party for Self Defense) Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Nation Of Islam National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Stud...

Freedom Summer, Mississippi Freedom Summer This term refers to the summer of 1964, during which young college-age recruits, primarily black activists and some white volunteers, traveled to Mississi...