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Today we are joined by Mukasa Dada formerly known as Willie Ricks, an organizer who served as a crucial bridge between the non-violent direct action of the early 1960s and the more militant, empowerment-focused Black Power movement of the late 1960s and 1970s. As aMobilizer and organizer, he risked his life to challenge segregation in interstate travel in the Jim Crow South - Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. He is a living epitome of a committed advocate for black liberation and Pan-Africanism. If Kwame Ture / Stokely Carmichael was the national voice that announced "Black Power" to the world, Mukasa DWillie Ricks was the grassroots organizer who lit the fuse.