Carmichael called for 'black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, and to build a sense of community'. It was the 27th time that Carmichael had been arrested and on his release on 16th June, he made his famous Black Power speech. When the marchers got to Greenwood, Mississippi, Carmichael and some of the other marchers were arrested by the police. When they heard the news, other civil rights campaigners, including Carmichael, Martin Luther King and Floyd McKissick, decided to continue the march in Meredith's name. Soon after starting his march he was shot by sniper.

On 5th June, 1966, James Meredith started a solitary March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson, to protest against racism.

Carmichael also worked on the Freedom Summer project and in 1966 became chairman of SNCC. In Jackson, Mississippi, Carmichael was arrested and jailed for 49 days in Parchman Penitentiary. Local police were unwilling to protect these passengers and in several places they were beaten up by white mobs. After training in non-violent techniques, black and white volunteers sat next to each other as they travelled through the Deep South. In 1961 Carmichael became a member of the Freedom Riders. He entered Howard University in 1960 and soon afterwards joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Carmichael moved to the United States in 1952 and attended high school in New York City. Stokely Carmichael was born in the Port of Spain, Trinidad, on 29th June, 1941.

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