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• On October 15, The Black Panther Party is formed in Oakland, California by Bobby
Seale and Huey P. Newton.
• On November 8, Julian Bond wins a seat in the Georgia State Senate.
However he is denied the seat by the Georgia Legislature because of his
opposition to the Vietnam War. Bond is eventually seated after a bitter court battle.
• November 12 - The Reverend Norman M. Rates, College Minister, spoke about the
preciousness of silence in a world of noise and strife. Basing his remarks on a
passage from Howard Thurman's The Inward Journey, Rev. Rates said that “only the
listening heart can hear the still small voice of God.”
• Ruby Doris Smith Robinson becomes Executive Director of SNCC.
• March 14-19, Zara Buggs starred as Guenevere in the Atlanta-Morehouse-Spelman
Players’ production of Camelot.
• Marilyn Hunt’s poetry was a regular feature in the Spelman Spotlight.
• In May, Stokely Carmichael becomes chairman of SNCC at its headquarters in
Atlanta and publicly embraces the concept of black power.
