Bloody Lowndes
2009-05-23T16:29:29-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZjkzXC8yODQ5OTctbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Hasan Kwame Jeffries talked about the efforts in 1966, when African Americans in rural Lowndes County, Alabama, aided by activists from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), established an all-black, independent political party called the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO). The group, whose ballot symbol was a snarling black panther, was formed to protest the barriers to black enfranchisement that had for decades kept every single African American of voting age off the county’s registration books.
Mr. Jeffries argued that local people in what he called “the buckle of the black belt” were instrumental in obtaining voting rights and civil rights reform in the 1960s. He also discussed the role of the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and black power leader Stokely Carmichael.
He was interviewed at the 102nd annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle.
Hasan Kwame Jeffries is
Mr. Jeffries argued that local people in what he called “the buckle of the black belt” were instrumental in obtaining voting rights and civil rights reform in the 1960s. He also discussed the role of the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and black power leader Stokely Carmichael.
He was interviewed at the 102nd annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle.
Hasan Kwame Jeffries is
Hasan Kwame Jeffries talked about the efforts in 1966, when African Americans in rural Lowndes County, Alabama, aided by activists from the … read more
Hasan Kwame Jeffries talked about the efforts in 1966, when African Americans in rural Lowndes County, Alabama, aided by activists from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), established an all-black, independent political party called the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO). The group, whose ballot symbol was a snarling black panther, was formed to protest the barriers to black enfranchisement that had for decades kept every single African American of voting age off the county’s registration books.
Mr. Jeffries argued that local people in what he called “the buckle of the black belt” were instrumental in obtaining voting rights and civil rights reform in the 1960s. He also discussed the role of the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and black power leader Stokely Carmichael.
He was interviewed at the 102nd annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle.
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