What event signaled the shift and directional change of the SNCC?

Stokely Carmichael became chairman of SNCC in 1966 and helped move the organization toward Black Power and greater emphasis on Black self-determination. His leadership marked a shift in SNCC’s direction. The Watts riots and Malcolm X’s assassination influenced the broader civil rights era, but neither directly signaled this change within SNCC.

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