PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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Foreign policy
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individual salaries
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the community
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Black Panthers drew widespread support from urban centers with large minority communities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.