Before I'll Be a Slave
I'll Be Buried in My Grave

 

The Black Panther in Lowndes County, AL   (Right) Interior panel of brochure for the Lowndes County (Alabama) Freedom Organization (LCFO), Fall 1966, from the H.K. Yuen Archive, U.C. Berkeley. (Below) LCFO campaign flyers — 1966. (Left) SNCC's Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) working to build the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO). 1965.

Meredith March Against Fear in Mississippi

James Meredith lies wounded on the pavement after being gunned down on the highway. 1966.

The Movement takes up the march to Jackson from the spot where Meredith was gunned down.

Above, Dr. King addresses one of the mass meetings held each night of the Meredith march (location and name of this church is not known).   Rev. Hosea Williams preaching a sermon of justice to mass meeting on the Meredith March.

James Brown entertaining the marchers at Freedom Rally, Jackson, MS. 1966.

Black Power!

Greenwood MS, 1966, on the Meredith March. SNCC Chairman Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) calls for "Black Power."

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) addresses Florida A&M students on Black Power. 1967.

Grenada, Mississippi, 1966 The Meredith March sparks the Grenada Movement which erupts into five straight months of daily marches and protests that confront KKK mobs and an army of state troopers.

SCLC organizer R.B. Cottonreader leads Grenada "Blackout" (boycott) pickets, 1966.

Mass rally on Grenada's central town square. 1966.

Night rally on the Grenada green in front of the Confederate Memorial.

 

On the march in Louisiana. Freedom marchers cross the Amite river on their way from Bogalusa to the state capitol in Baton Rouge. After repeated attacks by the KKK, the Governor is forced to provide National Guard and state troopers to protect the demonstrators on their 10-day march.

Garbage Workers Strike, Memphis TN, 1968.

Striking workers picketing on Beale Street.

Cops breaking up striker march on Beale Street.

Poor Peoples' March, Mississippi to Washington DC, 1967-1968

 

Martin Luther King's Last Testimony "Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."  — The final words from Martin Luther King's last speech, given in Memphis Tennessee the night before he was assasinated on April 4, 1968

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