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On this day in 1960, Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam, made a call for the establishment of an independent Black nation in America.

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On this day in 1966, Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Touré, after his appointment as the new Chairman of the Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), gave a speech on the new concept of Black Power.

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Whitney Young, Executive Director of the national Urban League and Civil Rights activist was born in Kentucky.