Lowndes County Freedom Organization
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The Lowndes County Freedom Organization was a Black-led political party in Alabama in the 1960s that challenged white supremacist rule and inspired the formation of the Black Panther Party.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Panther Party of Lowndes County | 1 |
| Lowndes County Freedom Organization canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American political organization
ⓘ
civil rights organization ⓘ political party ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lowndes County Freedom Organization
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Panther Party of Lowndes County
LCFO ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SNCC organizers
ⓘ
Stokely Carmichael ⓘ |
| ballotSymbol | black panther ⓘ |
| category |
African-American history of Alabama
ⓘ
Black Power organizations ⓘ Civil rights movement organizations ⓘ Defunct political parties in Alabama ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Lowndes County, Alabama ⓘ |
| demographicBase | rural Black residents of Lowndes County, Alabama ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | late 1960s ⓘ |
| electoralStrategy | independent Black political party outside the Democratic Party ⓘ |
| ethnicCharacter | Black-led ⓘ |
| formedTo |
challenge all-white Democratic Party rule in Lowndes County
ⓘ
contest local elections in Lowndes County, Alabama ⓘ register and mobilize Black voters ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1965 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Lowndes County, Alabama ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post–Voting Rights Act era ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
direct precursor to the Black Panther Party name and symbol
ⓘ
early example of independent Black political organizing in the Deep South ⓘ |
| ideology |
Black self-determination
ⓘ
anti-racism ⓘ voting rights activism ⓘ |
| inspired |
Black Panther Party
ⓘ
Black Panther Party ⓘ
surface form:
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
|
| inspiredBy |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
|
| movement |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
Black Power movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging white supremacist rule in Lowndes County, Alabama
ⓘ
influencing the name and symbol of the Black Panther Party in Oakland ⓘ serving as a model for independent Black political parties ⓘ |
| opposed | white supremacist political control in Lowndes County ⓘ |
| opposedBy | local white power structure in Lowndes County ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Power
civil rights ⓘ |
| primaryActivity |
running Black candidates for local office
ⓘ
voter registration ⓘ |
| regionServed | Lowndes County, Alabama ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| symbol | black panther ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Black Panther Party of Lowndes County