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    Black Power Movement Introduction Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies. It is used in the movement among people of Black African descent throughout the world‚ though primarily by African Americans in the United States. The movement was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ emphasizing racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions to nurture and promote black collective interests and advance black values.

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    The Black power movement originally grew out of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Black Power seeks to revolutionize political and social organizations for black people. The Black Power movement highlights black pride and culture for African Americans in the United States. The Black Power movement identified a turning point in black and white relations in the United States and also in how blacks portrayed themselves. Stockely Carmichael was a prominent figure in the Black Power movement. After

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    Alex Flores Peggy Hardman History 102 February 28th‚ 2011 Black Power Movement and The Harlem Renaissance America has seen itself change over and over again. America is the home of the free and the brave. However‚ this beautiful nation has not always been like this. America has had to go through many ups and many downs to beautify. Racial discrimination has played a huge role in American society. Even today‚ there are still racial inequalities. These racial inequalities are not as bad as they

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    How far do you agree that the black power achieved little for black Americans In the late 60s different black power movements such as; the INOI the black panthers and the OAAU grew because many black people in the north were disappointed by King’s peaceful protest in the south. However Black power collapsed in the 70’s and achieved very little of his aims. An important black power organisation was the NOI. The leader was Elijah Muhammad who took over the movement in 1934. he build lots of temples

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    Black Power and Black Nationalism‚ created by Hamilton & Ture and Malcolm X‚ respectively‚ call upon African-Americans to make a physical‚ as well as vocal‚ stand against racism and white supremacy. Both ideologies stress the need of black people to unite under a single front‚ putting aside their differences to achieve political representation and change. African-Americans shouldn’t be afraid to respond to constant‚ unrelenting violence with violence- after all‚ “there can be no social order without

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    Huey Newton‚ one of the leaders of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defence‚ stated: “Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.” From the late 1960s‚ to the early 1980s‚ the Black Power Movement (BPM)‚ triggered by the shortcomings of the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) and influenced heavily by Malcolm X‚ used a variety of techniques‚ including an increasingly militant approach‚ to bring about the change African-Americans demanded‚ with some success and

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    Effect of Black Power on the Emergence of Yellow Power African-Americans were not alone in the shift to “ethnic power.” Other minority groups also shifted from the fight for integration and began to adopt the rhetoric of ethnic power and pride in the late 1960’s. By the late 1960’s‚ a host of other groups began to adopt the rhetoric of “power”: Red Power‚ Grey Power‚ Pink Power‚ Brown Power‚ etc. What were the similarities and differences between the rhetoric of Chicano Power‚ Yellow Power and Black

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    In Black Elk Speaks‚ Studying Religion was showed in a lot of instances in his journey in life. Black Elk went through a lot of drama happened when he made the conversion to a Catholic Church. Black Elk stood with the analogy by turning the other cheek. In the following paragraphs I’m going to talk about the ten areas that are shown in Black Elk. Sacred power has many different forms of power being shown. Sacred power can be strong‚ active‚ and aggressive‚ creating and destroying whole universes

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    "Black Power" was seen as a way of resurrecting "Black Pride" and African-American culture. Carmichael said in 1966: "We have to do what every group in this country did - we gotta take over the community where we outnumber people so we can have decent jobs." For years‚ the movement’s leaders said‚ blacks had been trying to aspire to white ideals of what they should be. Now it was time for blacks to set their own agenda‚ putting their needs and aspirations first. ~ http://www.historylearningsite

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    POWER: A capacity that A has to influence the behaviour of B so that B acts in accordance with A’s wishes. DEPENDENCY: B’s relationship to A when A possesses something that B requires. BASES OF POWER: Formal Power: Is established by an individual’s position in an organisation; conveys the ability to coerce or reward‚ from formal authority‚ or from control of information 1. Coercive Power • A power base dependent on fear 2. Reward Power • Compliance achieved based on the ability to distribute

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