PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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The peaceful Civil Rights Movement
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The Black Power Movement
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The Student Movement
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The Segregation Movement
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Its members confronted politicians, challenged the police, and protected black citizens from brutality. The party’s community service programs-called “survival programs”-provided food, clothing, and transportation. Rather than integrating American society, members wanted to change it fundamentally.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following did the Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam have in common in the late 1960s? They advocated ending segregation in the North rather than the South.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Nation of Islam provided an essential foundation for the black power movement. The Nation emphasized black pride, economic independence, and the rejection of American popular music and entertainment.