Which event signaled a directional change for the SNCC?

Stokely Carmichael’s rise to leadership of SNCC in 1966 marked a shift toward Black Power and away from the organization’s earlier emphasis on interracial cooperation and nonviolent direct action. The Watts riots and Malcolm X’s assassination influenced the broader movement, but Carmichael’s leadership signaled the change within SNCC itself.

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