When Hope Appeared in Flesh: From Black Power to Barack Obama and the Spirit of the American Jeremiad

[Stokely Carmichael] then silenced the enthusiastic supporters with four chilling words: “We want black power!” The words were arresting. nearly as suffocating as the of being beaten by police officers and bitten by their dogs. Carmichael shouted black power again. Some gasped at the phrase, and others cheerfully clapped their hands and shouted back “Black Power!”