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An active leader, Bellamy Powell believed that she should do no less than what she asked of others, stating, "I was not looking for more danger, but I really believed that I shouldn’t do less than what I would ask others to do." Thus, she often worked in field among her colleagues, participating in
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Known among those close to her as more than just an activist, Bellamy Powell is remembered as an empowering photographer. A colleague at the
Highlander Folk School, Kristi Coleman, recalls an encounter with one of her photographs, "It was what we are. I didn’t even know she was taking the picture.
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Following in the footsteps of her work with the SNCC, Bellamy Powell made many other prolific contributions to the civil rights movement. She later served on the staff of the
Institute of the Black World, a group of people committed to strengthening the ability of Black communities in the United
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in 1965. Although
Bellamy Powell was a key member of many roles during her time with the SNCC, she is remembered for keeping the Black woman's perspective as a central part of the meetings, always using her knowledge and experience to advance the group in a healthy and influential fashion.
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As a continuation of her involvement in the empowerment of
African-Americans, Bellamy Powell played a key role in the foundation of multiple organizations: the National Anti-Klan Network, and the We Shall Overcome Fund. The latter of which was founded to nurture grassroots efforts within
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Bellamy Powell's life, the Student Nonviolent Cooperation Committee became one of the most important organizations in the struggle for black freedom. In fact, she was a part of the committee during the famous
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church. While in attendance, she participated in junior choir and weekly prayer meetings. When she turned 16 years old, Bellamy decided that although she respected and appreciated the idea of religion, it was not hers.
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Bellamy attended a neighborhood school, from kindergarten through high school all in the same town. It was not until she graduated from high school that
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Her pictures were words." With an avid clarity, her photographs, like her wisdom, carried her voice with them.
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After a long life as an influential activist, Fay D. Bellamy Powell died at the age of 74, on
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2052:James Orange
2007:Irene Morgan
1962:William Ming
1942:Ralph McGill
1877:Viola Liuzzo
1862:Jim Letherer
1847:James Lawson
1777:Vernon Johns
1767:Esau Jenkins
1722:Myles Horton
1672:Fred Hampton
1662:Prathia Hall
1652:Dick Gregory
1622:Marie Foster
1617:James Forman
1607:James Farmer
1592:Medgar Evers
1552:Angela Davis
1487:Ramsey Clark
1467:James Chaney
1462:Johnnie Carr
1442:Ralph Bunche
1437:H. Rap Brown
1427:Ruby Bridges
1387:Joanne Bland
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2815:Chuck Fager
2442:Nonviolence
2347:James Zwerg
2342:Bob Zellner
2302:Roy Wilkins
2252:Hank Thomas
2187:Pete Seeger
2182:Bobby Seale
2047:Jack O'Dell
2042:Edgar Nixon
1972:Amzie Moore
1967:Jack Minnis
1907:Mae Mallory
1892:Clara Luper
1852:Bernard Lee
1742:Cecil Ivory
1737:Ruby Hurley
1707:Oliver Hill
1702:Aaron Henry
1602:Chuck Fager
1562:Dave Dennis
1452:Guy Carawan
1392:Julian Bond
1357:James Bevel
1347:Daisy Bates
618:Emmett Till
501:(1954–1968)
210:Later years
141:Early years
54:May 1, 1938
18:Fay Bellamy
2942:Categories
2788:historians
2469:Satyagraha
2435:Influences
2127:James Reeb
2062:James Peck
2057:Rosa Parks
2027:Diane Nash
1897:Danny Lyon
1872:John Lewis
1817:A. D. King
1717:James Hood
1332:Ella Baker
1302:Zev Aelony
308:References
181:New Jersey
112:activist.
77:Occupation
50:1938-05-01
2932:Biography
2447:Padayatra
2396:"Kumbaya"
2356:By region
2012:Bob Moses
1917:Bob Mants
1902:Malcolm X
1822:C.B. King
1642:Fred Gray
1285:Activists
926:1964–1968
709:1960–1963
567:1954–1959
127:in 1965.
2377:Movement
1807:Tom Kahn
1091:Activist
511:timeline
442:Archived
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185:Fort Dix
151:military
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1047:funeral
910:Big Six
276:funeral
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158:Baptist
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2464:Ahimsa
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