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wo, £ e - we om Sn ee oy OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 et YS t0 106 ‘ F, MAY 1962 EDITION Qe ee ad GSA GEN, BEG. HO. 37 2 ; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT y. he Aomarandium TO: Mr, wits | bare 6-20-66 y so | ALC INFORMATION CONTAINED 2 fem M+ MUasUes HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED | Holaes . DATE. AY 2 |Ble —BY £A-1ag en “SUBJECT: STOKELY CARMICHAEL ~~” CHAIRMAN OF THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT mt COORDINATING COMMITTEE (SNCC) INTERVIEW ON "FACE THE NAA 6-19-66, SUNDAY ; Carmichael was interviewed by a panel of newsmen consisting of Martin Agronsky, John W. Hart, CBS News and - James S. Doyle of the Boston (Mass.) Globe, on "Face the Nation" ‘WTOP (Channel 9) at 12:30 p.m. Carmichael made no reference to the Director or the FBI. Carmichael, for the most part, was questioned concerning recent inflammatory-type statements he made while participating in the "Mississippi March." He was specifically asked what he meant by "black power," and answered that he meant Lh YA / that the Negroes in various localities in the South, such as Lowndes ~ County, Alabama, should be in control since they ‘greatly outnumber the whites. When pressed as to how the Negroes should obtain control, Carmichael at first stated it should be by organizing themselves politically and registering to vote. However, in response to an inquiry as to whether he would use violence in obtaining this power, he.indicated that if the Negroes were prevented from obtainingcontrol legally, they would have to obtain it in other ways. When pressed further, he stated that if all legal means were exhausted, then violence would be justified. ~~ a4 UNRECORDED COPY FLEDIN / 2) 4 y wot It was pointed out to him that the use. of violence would \\ ‘ > be contrary to the actions implied from the name of the organization a (Aree he represents, Carmichael replied that nonviolence" is a . N\ _ 4 u& . i 2 "tactic" of SNCC as an organization, but is not necessarily his, or \ the tactics of other individual members of SNCC. ; . . y 1 - Mr. DeLoach 03 vf V - ood Mr, Wieck EX-1 (CONTINUED - OVER) 1- Mr. Rosen ~ ~~ - ~ gee 12 / CO — ~ LEGS * oka A 1~ Mr. Sullivan ol 1 PON sJer. (8) 8 JUL.26 1966 lt 8 7 CRIME. b %