PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Black Panthers
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Nation of Islam
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Congressional Black Caucus
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Black Panther Party, original name Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.
Detailed explanation-2: -In summary, there was an enormous array of tactics utilized in the movement from 1942-68. Sit-ins, boycotts, marches and civil disobedience were signature actions of the struggle, in which thousands were arrested. Hundreds of thousands participated in marches, boycotts and voter registration drives.
Detailed explanation-3: -The goal of much of civil rights activism in the 1950s and 1960s was to desegregate the military. Rosa Parks decided not to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955 without having given the act any prior thought. The successful Montgomery bus boycott led to the founding of the Black Panther Party.
Detailed explanation-4: -Based on this statement, what is one way in which the Black Panthers differed from earlier Civil Rights groups like the NAACP? The Black Panthers demanded monetary reparations for past abuses of African Americans.