Lowndes County Freedom Party

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The Lowndes County Freedom Party was a Black-led political organization in 1960s Alabama that challenged white supremacist rule and inspired the symbol and organizing model later used by the Black Panther Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Black political organization ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
aimedAt challenging white control of local government in Lowndes County ⓘ
electoral empowerment of Black residents in Lowndes County ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Black Power movement ⓘ
Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicCharacter Black-led ⓘ
focus independent Black political representation ⓘ
voter registration ⓘ
goal ending white-only political rule in Lowndes County ⓘ
securing elected offices for Black candidates in Lowndes County ⓘ
historicalContext post–Voting Rights Act era ⓘ
influenced local Black electoral politics in Alabama ⓘ
inspired organizing model later used by the Black Panther Party ⓘ
symbol later used by the Black Panther Party ⓘ
inspiredBy local Black sharecroppers and activists in Lowndes County ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Lowndes County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor independent Black political organizing in the Deep South ⓘ
influencing the formation of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense ⓘ
opposed racial disenfranchisement of Black voters ⓘ
white supremacist rule in Lowndes County ⓘ
politicalOrientation Black Power ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
racialContext majority-Black county with white political control ⓘ
region Deep South ⓘ
state Alabama ⓘ
symbolInfluenced Black Panther Party logo ⓘ
linked to: Black Panther Party
typeOfOrganization county-level political party ⓘ
usedAsSymbol black panther ⓘ

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