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    the Black Panther Party became a militant black organization in America that was in the north and south. They educated African Americans about capitalism and how America was trying to liberate the people. They catered to the welfare of the African American people in less fortunate areas with free food and education. Unlike Dr. King, Black Panthers believed that if the police officers,or anyone racist used physical force amongst them, they were allowed to use it back. Huey Newton, a black power…

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    During the Black Freedom Struggle, The Integrationists believed that racial equality could be obtained in America, and the best way to achieve it was through non violent protesting. On the other hand the Black Power Separatists believed that Non violence would not work, and the only way to enact real change was to start a revolt against the United States. While the Integrationists and the Black Power separatists model of creating change remained contradictory to each other, the overall end goal…

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    Despite the fact that the Civil Rights and the Black Power movement are usually regarded as compatible, Integrationists and Separatists had the same ultimate goal but had contradicting ideas of how it could be accomplished. The Black Power Separatist movement did arise from the Civil Rights movement because of the dissatisfaction among the black community after Brown vs. Board and the Civil rights Act. Both had demolished some form of de jure segregation but they did not seem to have had much…

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    southern blacks for political freedom. As well to liberate his…

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    Black Power Movement The fight for equality has been fought for many years throughout American history and fought by multiple ethnicities. For African Americans this fight was not only fought to gain equal civil rights but also to allow a change at achieving to live the American dream. The Black Power Movement was vitally important in American history. During the 1960s, African-Americans changed their views in how they should achieve economic power, political power, and their basic civil rights…

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    As black Americans, is calling each other the N word like a leopard calling another leopard an animal? Some take high offense to this derogatory term. Most do not care anymore. Why is this word a huge issue to begin with? After all, it is just a word right? WRONG! In the black community, it is a sign of disrespect and using it amongst them just shows they have no respect for other black Americans and most importantly their self. According to Etymology, the “N word” was derived in…

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    Baptist minister and a firm supporter of Marcus Garvey, who was a civil rights activist, and began the black power movement. With his father’s support in Garvey, the Little family began to receive death threats from the white supremacist organization the Black Legion. As the threats began to escalate on the Little family they were forced to move twice before Malcolm’s fourth birthday. The Black Legion later murdered his father Earl. When Malcolm grew older he went to prison for robbery, and…

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    The Black Power Movement Throughout the years there have been many movements for justice. One of these movements that occurred was the Black Power movement. For Centuries it has been no secret that African Americans have had to fight for what they wanted for their lives and did everything it took to break free from the chains of injustice. There has been everything from sit ins to marches throughout history to gain civil rights and even with that, it seems as if society has found its way…

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    Black people in America have been oppressed and discriminated against by their White counterparts since they have been robbed of their homeland to be slaves in another by force. Centuries have passed until a movement was put into place for Black people to fight against the oppression. This movement was known as the Black Power Movement. African Americans in the 1950s and early 1960s were able to achieve their civil rights but through violence which was not what Dr. Martin Luther King was about.…

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    In “everyday use” by Alice walker, Mama faces too many obstacles during the black power movement since she was an African American women . so ,being african American had affected many people’s education during the black power.so race and enthinity plays an important role in the way is education is absorbed. African americans’s education got affected negatively by their ethinivity. Howeve,r their level of educaton today is much more better than what they have faced in the past. For a long…

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