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104-10125-10187 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (12/1/1967)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch00033 and id is 1 raw text is: 104- 021 b87 L O T Extiacted trom ,!*he Na. 5 eft: Read -. narchy, - F . December 1967 the aire than 200,000 who took part in the massive civil nr 1 monstrntion in Wnshington in Augurt, 1903-- tt is i . t that support wNas( o 1ite0 and ecoiv'od from -kety of organizations rbun.g from 1-4gostablished acifist groups--Eo ganizatioAs which have publicly vowed t eir alle iancq to th&Apternational conmPinist movement. Th emos'trion marked Te firm establiihmt of ' another 'ank in the'new left platform--the antiwar movement. Black Power Concept As'the university reform and antiwar movements gained mombntum, new left influence in the civil rights movement began .to wane. 'The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had encouraged responsible civil rights leaders to look increasingly to the law for redress of their grievances, and by the end of 19C.5, there wits a diminition of the tactics which had characterized the early days of the civil rights struggle. This new stance assume'd.by the tivil rights leaders was totally incompatible with thdimilitant philosophy of the new left. ' .-- . * Theperiod of relative tranquility in the civil rights movement came to an 'abrupt end in May, 1966, when Stokely Carmichael* was elected Natibnal Chairman of the SNCC and promptly started to publicize the concept of black-po.er. The SNCC was considered by new leftists to be the counterpart of the SDS in the civil rights struggle. r'r Following Carmichael's election, a strong resolution was passed it the' SDS National Council meeting in Juno, 1966, which made reference to the long-standing fraternal relations between the SDS and the SNCC and fully endorsed the philosophy of black power. The resolution stated, in part: Let it be clear that we are not merely supporting SNCC's right to its views, we are welcoming and supporting the thrust of SNCC's program, and expect to 'continue our joint work. Thus, it was clear that the introduction of the principle of black power had served to overcome a temporary setback.experienced by the new left in the civil rights campaign.. In May, 1967, when H. Rap Brown* became SNCC Nntional Chairman, Carii-hael wont abroad to solicit support for the SNCC *Sco Appendix. REIE DBy FBIJFK TASK FORCE7 ON 4 0 RELEASE IN FULL O RELEASE IN PART TOTAL DENIAL

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