Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called Willie Ricks "The fiery orator of SNCC: in his 1967 book, "Where Do We Go From Here."
Willie Ricks was a key leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Mukasa built the student movement in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and throughout the South, leading sit-ins, voter registration campaigns,and fearlessly organizing in the rural areas.
"Mukasa (Willie Ricks) must rank as one of those unknown heroes who captured the mood of history. In calling for Black Power, he caught the essence of the spirit, moving Black people in the United States and around the world who were poor, Black, and without power."
James Forman
Mukasa (Willie Ricks), will discuss the Black Power view of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement, and How Blacks can get out of their wretched condition of today.
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