"We have been saying 'freedom' for six years. What we are going to start saying now is 'Black Power.' The black people of this country must organize themselves into groups that can speak to the rest of the country. Integration is irrelevant when initiated by blacks because the lunch counter is meaningless to a man who hasn't got the bread to buy a hamburger." — Stokely Carmichael, 1966
Following this turn, SNCC under Carmichael
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Merged with the NAACP
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Disbanded immediately
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Expelled white members and embraced Black nationalism
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Endorsed Hubert Humphrey
Explanation
SNCC voted to expel white members in 1966 and increasingly aligned with Black Power, alienating older liberal allies.