Lecture 13 of Clay Carsons Introduction to African-American History Course (HIST 166) concentrating on the Modern Freedom Struggle (Fall 2007). This lecture is entitled Stokely Carmichael Defines Black Power. Recorded November 8, 2007 at Stanford University.

This course introduces the viewer to African-American history, with particular emphasis on the political thought and protest movements of the period after 1930, focusing on selected individuals who have shaped and been shaped by modern African-American struggles for freedom and justice. Clayborne Carson is a professor in the History Department at Stanford University.

Spingarn Medal awarded to Robert R. Moton, president of Tuskegee Institute, for his "thoughtful leadership in conservative opinion and action."

Esther Elizabeth Rolle was born on November 8, 1920 in Pompano Beach, Florida, to Jonathan and Elizabeth Rolle.

Syvilla Fort, born on July 3, 1917 in Seattle, was a professional dancer in the 1930s and early 1940s and prominent dance instructor in New York City for three decades between 1948 and 1975.  Her dance style, which combined African, Caribbean, and American rhythms, influenced hundreds of professional dancers and actors.  

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One hundred and sixty one Blacks reported lynched in 1892

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1721 The Honourable Gurdon Saltonstall, Esq; Governour of His Majesty's Colony of Connecticut in New-England proclaimed Nov 8, 1721 as a day for a "Publick Thanksgiving."

1789 Elijah Craig distilled the first bourbon whiskey from corn, in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

1847 Bram Stoker was born (died April 20, 1912).  Author of 'Dracula' (1897).

1889 President Benjamin Harrison proclaimed Montana the forty-first state.

1904 Michael J. Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents an automatic glass bottle manufacturing machine capable of producing four bottles per second; patent assigned to Toledo Glass Company.

1910 This is one for those who think the electric insect 'zapper is a relatively new device. U.S. patent No. 974,785 was issued to William H. Frost of Spokane, Washington for the first electric insect 'zapper.'

1952 'Jambalaya (On The Bayou)' by Hank Williams was number one on the country music charts.

1966 Gordon Ramsay was born in Scotland. Controversial award winning British celebrity chef, cookbook author, restaurateur and tv show host (‘Hell's Kitchen’, ‘Kitchen Nightmares’, ‘Master Chef’, etc.)

1974 London's famous flower and vegetable market moves from Covent Garden.

1976 In Oakville, Ontario a US-Canadian syndicate pays $235,000 for Hanover Hill Barb; highest price ever paid for a cow to that date.