USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was one thing the Black Panthers demanded that was different from earlier Civil Rights Groups like the NAACP or the SCLC?
A
Separate black schools
B
A return to Africa
C
Monetary reparations
D
An end to individual voting
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. The pictures below were in a magazine advertisement in 1957.

Detailed explanation-2: -Organizing a Revolutionary Party They saw brutality against civil rights protesters as part of a long tradition of police violence and state oppression. They immersed themselves in the history of blacks in America. In 1966 they organized young, poor, disenfranchised African Americans into the Black Panther Party.

Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to challenging police brutality, the Black Panther Party launched more than 35 Survival Programs and provided community help, such as education, tuberculosis testing, legal aid, transportation assistance, ambulance service, and the manufacture and distribution of free shoes to poor people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Political Activities And Social Programs The Black Panthers were part of the larger Black Power movement, which emphasized Black pride, community control and unification for civil rights.

Detailed explanation-5: -With a focus on racial pride and self-determination, leaders of the Black Power movement argued that civil rights activism did not go far enough. With a focus on racial pride and self-determination, leaders of the Black Power movement argued that civil rights activism did not go far enough.

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