in the summer of 65, johnson gets that voting rights bill passed. certainly 64 civil rights act led to dramatic changes, but politically, the short run, the voting rights act was more dramatic. quickly after that, things start to fall apart. i m going to say, first, that this march gives nonviolence, it is a nonviolent expression of our determination to be free. this is a principle of the march, and certainly, we intend to keep this march nonviolent. mr. car michael, are you as committed to the nonviolent approach? i m not. i don t see it as a way of life.
all right. we have the march. the most impressive thing about this march on mississippi is a developing coalition among civil rights leaders. there are reports of differences between leaders, and they are true. but their organizations have always been divided. a split among them is nothing new. put them all together on a march on a highway in mississippi, and frictions emerge because of personal competition and individual ego. our sweat and blood built mississippi, and we got to take it over because we deserve to have it. that s what we are working for. stokely carmichael started expressing the goal now is black people exercising power. let me say first that this march is nonviolent. it is a nonviolent expression of our determination to be free. this is a principle of the march, and certainly we intend to keep this march nonviolent. mr. carmichael, are you as
our sweat and blood built mississippi, and we got to take it over because we deserve to have it. that s what we are working for. stokely carmichael started expressing the goal now is black people exercising power. let me say first that this march is nonviolent. it is a nonviolent expression of our determination to be free. this is a principle of the march, and certainly we intend to keep this march nonviolent. mr. carmichael, are you as committed to the nonviolent approach as dr. king is? no, i m not. why aren t you? i just don t see this as a way of life. i never have. and i also realize that no one in this country is asking the white community in the south to be nonviolent. and that in a sense is giving them a free license to go ahead and shoot us at will. if there was a symbol of white anger at negro protest in the north this summer, it was
that s what we are working for. stokely carmichael started expressing the goal now is black people exercising power. let me say first that this march is nonviolent. it is a nonviolent expression of our determination to be free. this is a principle of the march, and certainly we intend to keep this march nonviolent. mr. carmichael, are you as committed to the nonviolent approach as dr. king is? no, i m not. why aren t you? i just don t see this as a way of life. i never have. and i also realize that no one in this country is asking the white community in the south to be nonviolent. and that in a sense is giving them a free license to go ahead and shoot us at will. if there was a symbol of white anger at negro protest in the north this summer, it was cicero, illinois, a town chosen by dr. martin luther king as the pressure point in his open
frictions emerge because of personal competition and individual ego. our sweat and blood built mississippi, and we got to take it over because we deserve to have it. that s what we are working for. stokely carmichael started expressing the goal now is black people exercising power. let me say first that this march is nonviolent. it is a nonviolent expression of our determination to be free. this is a principle of the march, and certainly we intend to keep this march nonviolent. mr. carmichael, are you as committed to the nonviolent approach as dr. king is? no, i m not. why aren t you? i just don t see this as a way of life. i never have. and i also realize that no one in this country is asking the white community in the south to be nonviolent. and that in a sense is giving them a free license to go ahead and shoot us at will. if there was a symbol of white anger at negro protest in