Black Power

Movement

Isaiah Okuma
Matthew Okuma
Misohn Kimble
Jeffersson Vasquez
 When and where did this movement begin?
1960-1970

Memphis, Tennessee
 Who helped to start this movement?
Huey P. newton,and Bobby Seale
What was/were the main event(s) that started this movement? How
did this movement form?
James Meredith shot

Assassination of Malcolm X
What kind of movement is this? What is/was the focus of this movement?

Political and social movement

Equality
What types of people joined this movement? Why?
African American

Whites were prohibited

 How many people participated in this movement?
About 30,000 people during the 1960s
Why did this movement start? What was the the purpose/goal
of this movement?
African American violence

Earn more rights for African Americans

NAACP
 When was this movement at their peak? Why was it the
strongest during this time?

Late 1960s and early 1970s

Did this movement influence movements in other parts of the
world? Explain.
Yes it has , it influenced people in Jamaica and Britain
Was this movement ever under attack by any group? Did any
group attempt to stop this movement? How and why?

Jim Crow laws

Police and whites

 What was the impact/result of this movement in the US?

The results of this movement were African Americans being able to do

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Zinns Perspective

The black revolts shouldn't have been a surprise

Blacks have a memory of slavery, segregation, lynching and humiliation

All movements start off small and seem as if they won't go anywhere but with
time and dedication they do
Interviews
Sources
https://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/africanamerican/blackpower/

http://www.ushistory.org/us/54i.asp

http://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/sociology-and-social-
reform/social-reform/black-power-movement

http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinn17explo.html

http://law.jrank.org/pages/4776/Black-Power-Movement.html