USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

HIPPIES AND THE COUNTERCULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What larger movement did the Panthers emerge from?
A
The Civil Rights Movement
B
The Chicano Movement
C
The Native American Movement
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Black Panthers were part of the larger Black Power movement, which emphasized Black pride, community control and unification for civil rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who met at Merritt College in Oakland. It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality.

Detailed explanation-3: -Founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was the era’s most influential militant black power organization. Its members confronted politicians, challenged the police, and protected black citizens from brutality.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Black Panthers’ beliefs differ considerably from those of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. Whereas King emphasised integration and non-violence, the Black Panthers proposed a black separatist vision in which Black people ‘are free to determine our own destiny’.

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