An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan.
“Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.”
“Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game.”