Meaning black power
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black power


  political movement that supports the development of political and social institutions for African Americans, and emphasizes pride in African and African American culture.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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A political movement originating in the USA in the 1960s and greatly influenced by Malcolm X (1925–65), Black Power was developed into a coherent ideology by Stokely Carmichael (1941–98) and Charles H [..]
Source: liverpool.ac.uk

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Black Power is a political slogan adopted by African Americans in the U.S. and used in the movement among people of Black African descent throughout the world. The movement was outstanding in the late [..]
Source: definitions.uslegal.com

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Attributed to Stokely Carmichael who used it to encourage blacks to attain more political clout.  For a time this was a uniting theme among black people in the U.S.  It became a rallying cry for action against the racial injustice of the 50s and 60s.  Black activists were ready to fight the system.  Huey Newton, Bobby Seal, Eldridge Cleaver of the [..]
Source: hippy.com (offline)





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