Willie Ricks was one of SNCC’s great stump speakers, capable of getting great emotional responses from a crowd. During the Meredith March in Mississippi, where King and Stokely Carmichael marched side by side, it was Ricks who first unleashed the “Black Power” cry. Here he speaks in Atlanta | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI
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Willie Ricks was one of SNCC’s great stump speakers, capable of getting great emotional responses from a crowd. During the Meredith March in Mississippi, where King and Stokely Carmichael marched side by side, it was Ricks who first unleashed the “Black Power” cry. Here he speaks in Atlanta
1964, printed 2010
Artists
Danny LyonArtist
Classification
Photographs
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Photographs
Dimensions
37 x 22.2 cm (14 9/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
sheet: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Provenance
Private collection, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2013