LCFO

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LCFO, the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, was a pioneering Black-led political party in 1960s Alabama that helped inspire the formation of the Black Panther Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Black-led political organization ⓘ
civil rights organization ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeIn 1960s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs LCFO ⓘ
Lowndes County Freedom Party ⓘ
associatedWith SNCC ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Lowndes County, Alabama ⓘ
ethnicGroupFocus African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
goal build independent Black political organization ⓘ
elect Black officials in Lowndes County ⓘ
ideology Black self-determination ⓘ
independent Black political power ⓘ
inspirationFor use of the black panther as a political symbol ⓘ
inspired Black Panther Party ⓘ
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense ⓘ
linked to: Black Panther Party
locatedIn Lowndes County, Alabama ⓘ
movement Black Power movement ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
notableFor being an early independent Black political party in the Deep South ⓘ
influencing the formation of the Black Panther Party ⓘ
opposed white supremacist political control in Lowndes County ⓘ
politicalPosition Black Power ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
region American South ⓘ
state Alabama ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s United States civil rights era ⓘ
usedSymbol black panther ⓘ

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Lowndes County Freedom Organization → alsoKnownAs → LCFO ⓘ
subject linked to: LCFO