On this day: August 17, 1966

Posted: 12:00am on Aug 17, 2011

Herb Jones, chairman of the Tri-City Chapter of the Congress On Racial Equality, speaking of his experiences touring ghettos in the East said, "Personally, I think Black Power is a good thing. Negroes need to grab our bootstraps, consolidate our political power and act in the framework of the democracy to change our lives."

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