Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement
Written by Mark Whitaker
Narrated by JD Jackson
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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.
Editor's Note
Reads like a fast-paced novel …
In 1966, the emergence of the Black Power movement marked a significant shift from Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis’ peaceful methods. Whitaker (“Smoketown”) chronicles the people and happenings of that fateful period of the civil rights movement while drawing parallels with today’s Black Lives Matter. “Saying It Loud” is rich in historical detail, but it reads more like a fast-paced novel with high stakes and vivid characters.
Mark Whitaker
Mark Whitaker is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir My Long Trip Home, and Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance. The former managing editor of CNN Worldwide, he was previously the Washington bureau chief for NBC News and a reporter and editor at Newsweek, where he rose to become the first African American leader of a national newsweekly.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5good flow and direction. thr author did well with the timeline and accuracy. learned about ruby doris smith robinson and kwame ture (they called him stokely carmichael). recommend.