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Lowndes County Freedom Organization

The Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO), also known as the Black Panther Party, was started in 1965 under the direction of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activist Stokely Carmichael. In 1965, Lowndes County in Alabama was 80% black but not a single black citizen was registered to vote. Carmichael arrived in the county to organize a voter registration project and from this came the LCFO. Party members adopted the black panther as their symbol for their independent political organization.

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One Man--One Vote

Publisher: Lowndes County Freedom Organization, Hayneville, ALYear: 1966Format: MonographCollection: Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Booklet on how to choose candidates and vote

the voice

Publisher: Student Voice, Inc., AtlantaYear: 1965Volume Number: Vol. 6-6 Dec 20Format: PeriodicalCollection: Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Includes: Negroes Win ASCS (Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation) Post, But Irregularities Charged Lowndes County Forms Local Political Group (Lowndes County Freedom Org.)

What Woud It Profit a Man

Publisher: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ("SNCC"), AtlantaFormat: ReportCollection: Lowndes County Freedom Organization

A Report on Alabama

A Symposium on Black Power

Publisher: The Committee for Lowndes CountyDate: 10/21/1966Volume Number: 21-OctFormat: FlyerCollection: Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Event at Merritt College

Vote Nov. 8-Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Author: Jack MinnisPublisher: The Organizer's Library Series of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, Lousiville, KYYear: 1967Format: MonographCollection: Lowndes County Freedom Organization

The Story of the Development of an Independent Political Movement on the County Level - and re: BPP poll watchers assisting in first election in Lowndes County where Black people voted

The Black Panther Party

Publisher: Merit Publishers, NYCDate: 6/1966Volume Number: JuneFormat: MonographCollection: Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Speech by John Hulett; interview with Stokely Carmichael; Report from Lowndes County