After the Democratic convention of 1964, the group seemed to go in two different directions– many believed that the group should maintain their non-violent, turn the other cheek mentality that they were founded upon, while others became unwilling and would rather become more aggressive and adopt idealogies of the Black Power Movement.
After the riots in Los Angeles, CA in 1965, many members became uncoopervite and decided to break ties with many of the other civil rights disciplines of the time, becoming more conservative. This also was the beginning of the idea that social concious white people of the time could not possibly relate to the struggles and oppressions of the time and that their input, or assistance, was no longer needed.
To complete this transformation, the discipline elected Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) to become their fourth and final Chairman in 1966. After originally condoning violence only as a weapon of self-defense, Carmichael soon began promoting violent behavior as a necessary tool in combatting the unfairly oppressive goverment.
Department of Defense, 1967:
SNCC can no longer be considered a civil rights group. It has become a racist organization with black supremacy ideals and an expressed hatred for whites. It employs violent and militant measures which may be defined as extreme when compared with those of more moderate groups.
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