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
Accession Number
234095
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 32.3 × 21.8 cm (12 3/4 × 8 5/8 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 27.8 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)
Classification
photography
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Daveed D. Frazier
