The Black Power Movement During The 1950 ' S

Originating in the North, this movement took on a more radical stance: one that maintained racial separation and aimed to form a separate Black identity and encourage self-reliance and independence from whites (Source I). The Black Power Movement aimed to end institutionalised racism in the Northern states and call for social justice while improving the living conditions of Black people in urban areas who were living in poverty and often subjected to police brutality, although it can be noted that segregation laws were not in place in the North. (Source L). A prominent leader of the Black Power Movement was Malcolm X, who considered the Black Power Movement to be supportive of a nationalist ‘Black’ revolution which mainly focused on the accumulation of land and, as a result, independence as opposed to the ‘Negro’ revolution based on the Civil Rights Movement which focused on integration between races (Source

The emergence of the Black Power movements in the early 1960s coincided with the peak of success for the Civil Rights campaign - the legislation of 1964-65. Thereafter, the focus of campaigns had to move the practical issues related to social and economic deprivation, and the ability to exercise the rights that had been gained. By 1968 little had changed, and it is therefore easy to claim that Black Power movements achieved nothing, and in fact had a negative impact on black Americans.

The 1950s and 1960s was a period of growth and prosperity in America. Features of the common life included innovations such as television, dishwasher, and home air-conditioning. However, not all Americans equally benefited from the economic growth of this period of time. In addition to Jim Crow laws and unequal economic opportunities, America’s society became further segregated as many whites moved to the suburbs while blacks remained in run-down city neighborhoods. These many inequalities sparked the civil rights movement, where African Americans stood up and fought for their rights using nonviolent methods. The movement influenced the emergence of many prominent figures including Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was successful in achieving equal rights for African Americans through nonviolent protests such as the Montgomery bus boycott, sit-ins, and marches.

Since they were disappointed with the outcome of their movement they were starting to give up and conform to the norm. SNCC operations beyond the South and helped popularize the concept of "black power." The whole point of the black power movement was to showcase how African Americans controlled the movement, creating economic freedom, and keeping their heritage. It was very controversial because there was a lot of segregation at this time. The whites did not have a passive fight. A very popular group that emerged from the Black Power movement were the Black Panthers The Black Panthers started in in 1966 in Oakland, California where its main leaders were Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, and one of the most influential figures in the Civil Rights Movement history, Malcolm X. By the mid-1970s, however, the black-power movement had faded. It never gained the support of the larger African American

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Blacks started turning to violence as a means of gaining power among white people. Thus the term “Black Power” became very popular during these times. Black Power was first introduced by Stokely Carmichael. Carmichael was a cofounder and chairman of the SNCC who later went on to head the Black Panther Party. According to the Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia (2015) black power was about the inability of white America to deal with its own racism, and about the need for wholesale restructuring of American political and economic institutions. The Black Panther Party took on a more militant standpoint on how to deal with issues remaining in the African American communities. The Black Panther Party movement greatly impacted on the nonviolent approach of the Civil Rights Movement. Many white supporters of civil rights started declining after blacks forced many whites out of positions within their own organizations. The loss of white support and increased regression from the government in the form of the FBI’s Counter Intelligence Program eventually put an end to the Black Power

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Despite the racial struggles in this period education remained a critical center point for civil rights upheaval during the 1950’s and through the following decade. Godfrey made a great impact at Penn State. Her former advisee and student Brenda Binns, describes her as magician, a people person and skillfully attune to the practice she taught. Binns said “I never thought of her as I have a black lady as an advisor, it was never part of it. She was a wonderful person who, at least, I didn’t sense any color bias at all” (B. Binns, personal communication, April 7, 2016.

Disobedience is man’s greatest trait because without disobedience there is no progression. It helps make new strides in mostly everything we do.

What comes to mind when you think of the Black Panther Party? Do you even know who the Black Panthers really were? They helped transform the lives of many African Americans in the U.S and helped empower the community. The Black Panther has a huge background of history, goals, and beliefs. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale from Oakland, California founded the Panthers in 1966. Initially, they were an African American self defense force and were highly influenced by Malcolm X’s beliefs. The Panthers had many goals such as;freedom, protecting blacks from police brutality, and helping African Americans obtain a jobs. Despite the negative stereotypes of the Black Panthers as people who ran around with guns, fighting police, they were a major group during the Civil Rights Movement because they practiced self defense, established revolutionary socialism, and stimulated Malcolm X's influence. In the following I will discuss the successful changes the Black Panther Party, had on the African American community during the civil rights movement.

Black Power was a call to action of black people to deny an established racist society, to acknowledge their ancestors and history and to unite their black communities to gain the power to make a change. The SNCC believed that in order to develop black power they needed to close their ranks and organize themselves before reaching for something else. It encouraged people to take charge of their own lives and organizations rather than relying on whites’ influence. Black Power was a build up of strength and power in black communities to change previous white institutions and power structures that have been established for hundreds of years. Blacks did not want black visibility but rather a chance to change society for the better.