PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Organise free breakfast clubs
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Organise free medical clinics
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Patrol the streets
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Organise sit-ins
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Detailed explanation-1: -They founded the Black Panthers in the wake of the assassination of Black nationalist Malcolm X and after police in San Francisco shot and killed an unarmed Black teen named Matthew Johnson. Originally dubbed the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the organization was founded in October 1966.
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: -In addition to fighting for political and economic equality, the BPP became well known for providing access to medical clinics and free breakfasts for children. At the organization’s peak in the late 1960’s, it had chapters in several major American cities.