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Saying It Loud

1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement

by Mark Whitaker
JD Jackson
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Mark Whitaker "writes with the eye of a journalist and ear of a poet" (The Boston Globe) to tell the story of the momentous year that redefined the civil rights movement as a new sense of Black identity, expressed in the slogan "Black Power," challenged the nonviolent philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis.
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.

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    February 7, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781797151373
      • File size: 357988 KB
      • Duration: 12:25:48

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 31, 2022
      The year 1966 saw the emergence of “Black Consciousness” as “both a state of mind and a badge of identity,” marking a “dramatic shift in the long struggle for racial justice in America,” according to this eye-opening history. Journalist Whitaker (Smoketown) spotlights the year’s milestone events, from the January 3 murder of Sammy Younge, a Tuskegee Institute student activist gunned down at a gas station for asking to use the “whites-only” restroom, to the start of the first Kwanzaa celebration on December 26. Particular attention is paid to the background and charisma of voting rights activist Stokely Carmichael, an early leader and symbol of the Black Power movement. Whitaker also draws incisive sketches of Black Panther leaders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale; 24-year-old Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, the highest-ranking woman in the civil rights movement; and Bob and Dottie Zellner, white activists who met and married while working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Throughout, Whitaker elevates the movement’s lesser-known figures, analyzes how internal and external forces splintered the movement, and contextualizes cultural developments including the free jazz of John Coltrane and Charles Mingus and the emergence of the Afro as a symbol of Black liberation. It adds up to a comprehensive and character-driven portrait of the “first Black Power generation.” Photos.

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Journalist Whitaker (Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance) guides listeners through the pivotal year of 1966 in this chronicle of the American civil rights movement. In 1966, the Black Panther Party was founded, Stokely Carmichael rose to prominence in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and Kwanzaa was first celebrated. It was also the year when the tension between the nonviolent approach espoused by Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, and the nascent Black Power movement, which viewed nonviolence as one of a suite of tactics in the fight for racial justice, came to a head. Each chapter covers a specific event during the year, and Whitaker brings the activists and thinkers who shaped Black Power to vivid life. JD Jackson provides expertly paced narration that engages listeners, and his close approximation of the well-known voices of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis adds further interest to the audio production. VERDICT Listeners interested in social justice and the history of the 1960s will likely enjoy this well-narrated deep dive into the early days of the Black Power movement.--Nanette Donohue

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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