The Little-Known Roots of ‘Black Power’
Sixties-era Lowndes County, Alabama, explains much about race and voting rights in America today.
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A new documentary, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, looks at a pivotal chapter of the civil-rights movement that shaped how we think and talk about race in America to this day. The film, inspired by the work of the Atlantic senior editor Vann R. Newkirk II, comes to select theaters and streaming platforms on December 2. (You can watch the trailer here.) I spoke with Vann about how the legacy of Lowndes County informs the present.
But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
