Brandon Avendano
APUSH
03-12-18
P4
Short Answer Rewrite
3. During the 1960s and 1970s, the US experienced a wave of social movements, ranging from gay rights to latino problems. These movements all sought for change and got backlash from not only other groups of people, but from the government itself. From all of the movements during this time, the Black Panther Movement experienced the harshest response from the government. The movement began for the advocacy for a black history class to be taught in Merritt College, however, it truly sparked in response to Malcolm X’s assassination and the killing of an unarmed person of color in San Francisco. Between the 1966 foundation and 1982 end of the movement, there was many internal conflicts within the group as many in the group were convicted of having secret ties to the police in which they’d later report to about what the movement is doing or planning to do. The movement wanted to end police brutality for African Americans and wanted more African Americans to be elected in political office. In 1970, the FBI formed counterintelligence programs that were responsible for activities that weakened the movement by the creation of the Cointelpro. The FBI wanted to surveil and discredit this group, claiming it to be an enemy of the US. They sought to accomplish this by getting rid of programs created by the Black Panther Movement and making full use of the existing rivalries in the movement to …show more content…
The Black Panther Movement ended in 1982. In comparison to the Black Panther Movement, other movements received police brutality and attacks, but the FBI and the creation of counterintelligence
APUSH
03-12-18
P4
Short Answer Rewrite
3. During the 1960s and 1970s, the US experienced a wave of social movements, ranging from gay rights to latino problems. These movements all sought for change and got backlash from not only other groups of people, but from the government itself. From all of the movements during this time, the Black Panther Movement experienced the harshest response from the government. The movement began for the advocacy for a black history class to be taught in Merritt College, however, it truly sparked in response to Malcolm X’s assassination and the killing of an unarmed person of color in San Francisco. Between the 1966 foundation and 1982 end of the movement, there was many internal conflicts within the group as many in the group were convicted of having secret ties to the police in which they’d later report to about what the movement is doing or planning to do. The movement wanted to end police brutality for African Americans and wanted more African Americans to be elected in political office. In 1970, the FBI formed counterintelligence programs that were responsible for activities that weakened the movement by the creation of the Cointelpro. The FBI wanted to surveil and discredit this group, claiming it to be an enemy of the US. They sought to accomplish this by getting rid of programs created by the Black Panther Movement and making full use of the existing rivalries in the movement to …show more content…
The Black Panther Movement ended in 1982. In comparison to the Black Panther Movement, other movements received police brutality and attacks, but the FBI and the creation of counterintelligence