crisis of 1965 as Alabama activists attempted to march for voting rights. Major federal civil rights legislation was passed in 1964 and 1965, including the Voting Rights Act, to establish federal oversight and enforcement of rights. In 1966, Brown organized in Greene County,

Alabama to achieve black voter registration and implementation of the recently passed Voting Rights Act. Elected SNCC chairman in 1967, Brown continued Stokely Carmichael's fiery support for "Black Power" and urban rebellions in the Northern ghettos. During the summer of 1967,