1966

• Under the leadership of Stokely Carmichael, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNNC) circulates a position paper, The Basis of Black Power formally endorsing Black Power politics in the "mainstream" civil rights movement.
• The Black Panther Party is founded.
• The First World Festival of Negro Arts is held in Dakar, Senegal.
• The "Art of the American Negro" exhibit is sponsored by the Harlem Cultural Council.