PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Push for equal pay
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Challenge police brutality in African American communities
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Push for equal education opportunities
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All of the above
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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: -They outlined the organization’s philosophical views and political objectives in a Ten-Point Program. The Ten-Point Program called for an immediate end to police brutality; employment for African Americans; and land, housing and justice for all.
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 Panther Party was formed in October of 1966. Black Panthers wanted to end the oppression from racist white Americans. They wanted the government to help the African Americans, not hunt and kill them. The Panthers wanted to help the communities.