The Civil Rights Movement: The Black Power Movement
The Black Power Movement
During and after the days of Jim Crow, blacks in the United States were economically and
socially oppressed. Blacks still faced lower wages than whites, segregation of public amenities
and racial discrimination. At this time many groups were created to challenge these injusticces.
The Black Power Movement and the Civil Rights movement were similar because they both
fought for equal rights and equal treatment for African Americans. However, they sought to
achieve different goals and implemented different forms of action to achieve change. The Civil
Rights Movement fought for desegregation and believed in non-violence, while the Black Power
Movement rejected integration for racial …show more content…
“Black
Power” as a political idea originated in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe (SNCC)
in the mid 1960's (Jeffereies, 2006). At this time a leader emerged by the name of Stokley
Carmichael. Upon gaining leadership, Carmichael ejected white members and believed that the
only way to bring about change for blacks was to have an all black union.Stokleley Carmichael
believed that Black Power would instill a fear in whites and love in blacks ( Carmichael, 1967).In
1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPP) in
Oakland California. By the late 1960's, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) and the Black Panther Party for Self Defense began to gain momentum.
Martin Luther King Jr imitated Ghandi and his use of non-violebnce to gain India
independence from Great Britain. Because of the Civil Rights Momvement, in 1964 the Civil
Rights Act was passed and a year later the Voting Rights Act was passed, ending segregation and
ultimately gave blacks the right to vote (Muse,1968). However, non-violent protestors …show more content…
Many members of the SNCC grew tired of the non-violent approach used by King
and other groups within the Civil Rights Organization. Increasing members of the SNCC had come to reject the moderate path of cooperation, integration and assimilation of their elders (Ogbar,2005).
Divisions grew betweeen the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Movement. The
leaders of the Black Power Movement argued that assimilation or integration robs blacks of their
identity and dignity (Algernon, 2003). Malcom X, a member of the nation of Islam, believed that
Africans historically fought to protect their lands, cultures and freedoms from European Colonists,
and that to seek to integrate into a society that has stolen one’s people and their wealth is an act of
treason (Algernon, 2003). As a result, aggressively more radical voices came foward to challenge
racial discrimination. Black Power advocates began to insist the Blacks carry guns and receive
military training in order to protect themselves. Members of the Panthers openly carried
During and after the days of Jim Crow, blacks in the United States were economically and
socially oppressed. Blacks still faced lower wages than whites, segregation of public amenities
and racial discrimination. At this time many groups were created to challenge these injusticces.
The Black Power Movement and the Civil Rights movement were similar because they both
fought for equal rights and equal treatment for African Americans. However, they sought to
achieve different goals and implemented different forms of action to achieve change. The Civil
Rights Movement fought for desegregation and believed in non-violence, while the Black Power
Movement rejected integration for racial …show more content…
“Black
Power” as a political idea originated in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe (SNCC)
in the mid 1960's (Jeffereies, 2006). At this time a leader emerged by the name of Stokley
Carmichael. Upon gaining leadership, Carmichael ejected white members and believed that the
only way to bring about change for blacks was to have an all black union.Stokleley Carmichael
believed that Black Power would instill a fear in whites and love in blacks ( Carmichael, 1967).In
1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPP) in
Oakland California. By the late 1960's, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) and the Black Panther Party for Self Defense began to gain momentum.
Martin Luther King Jr imitated Ghandi and his use of non-violebnce to gain India
independence from Great Britain. Because of the Civil Rights Momvement, in 1964 the Civil
Rights Act was passed and a year later the Voting Rights Act was passed, ending segregation and
ultimately gave blacks the right to vote (Muse,1968). However, non-violent protestors …show more content…
Many members of the SNCC grew tired of the non-violent approach used by King
and other groups within the Civil Rights Organization. Increasing members of the SNCC had come to reject the moderate path of cooperation, integration and assimilation of their elders (Ogbar,2005).
Divisions grew betweeen the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Movement. The
leaders of the Black Power Movement argued that assimilation or integration robs blacks of their
identity and dignity (Algernon, 2003). Malcom X, a member of the nation of Islam, believed that
Africans historically fought to protect their lands, cultures and freedoms from European Colonists,
and that to seek to integrate into a society that has stolen one’s people and their wealth is an act of
treason (Algernon, 2003). As a result, aggressively more radical voices came foward to challenge
racial discrimination. Black Power advocates began to insist the Blacks carry guns and receive
military training in order to protect themselves. Members of the Panthers openly carried