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Mukasa Dada and the Liberation Movement
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
26 Jul 2024
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Black Agenda Radio · Mukasa Dada and the Liberation Movement

Willie Ricks was an organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He is now known as Mukasa Dada and is credited with popularizing the phrase "Black power" in 1966. He discusses his liberation movement work and his recent participation in a delegation traveling to Nicaragua. He joins us from Atlanta, Georgia.

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