The Black Power Movement And Its Effect On African American Political Culture

The Black Power Movement is a movement that caught the attention of America in the late 1960s and 1970s. Today the civil rights movement is most recognized for changing the conditions and face of the black community and the Black Power Movement is often looked down on. Growing up in grade school the teacher never talked much about the Black Power Movement. I never questioned as to why that might be. The things I did learn about the Black Power Movement where more negative than positive. The images that I was exposed to was portrayed the participants of the black power movement as aggressive and intimidating so I decided that this would be the best topic to explore. The Black Power Movement has influenced African American political culture as