USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the methods advocated by the Black Panthers to achieve their goals differ from those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
A
They formed a third party
B
They were passionately anti-Communist.
C
They restricted their actions to the use of passive resistance
D
They considered the use of violence to protect their own communities.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Black Panthers’ beliefs differ considerably from those of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. Whereas King emphasised integration and non-violence, the Black Panthers proposed a black separatist vision in which Black people ‘are free to determine our own destiny’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: Movements such as the Black Panthers used violence unlike MLK who preached peace and civil disobedience. They also advocated separation between Blacks and Whites.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality.

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