Black Power Movement

Question 1

What grew the Black power movement?

Answer 1

Out of the Civl rights movement

Question 2

What was different?

Answer 2

Same concept , way they were conducting protest

Question 3

Why did it exist?

Question 4

Why they fighting for different things than the CRM?

Answer 4

They tried to fight for that they believed in, in a different way

Question 5

What happened to MLK non-violence approach?

Answer 5

Started losing momentum in the 60s - assassinated + laws were just passed - nothing happened

Question 6

What did not change?

Answer 6

People still lived in poverty
Inadequate public transport
33% black families below poverty line
Discrepancy between white + black health care

Question 7

What was a successful form of protest?

Answer 7

Use of force - advance goals faster than current projections

Question 8

Why didn’t Martin Luther King want to use violence?

Answer 8

He didn’t want to create a stigma

Question 9

What did the BPM think about the stigma?

Answer 9

Wanted to use stigma as leverage to gain new rights

Question 10

What was the BPM not trying to gain?

Answer 10

Political change

Question 11

What makes the CRM and BPM different?

Answer 11

BPM did not want political change - not same way

Question 12

What did the CRM fight for?

Answer 12

Political change - laws to be passed to removed discrimination and segregation

Question 13

What was the BPM fighting for?

Answer 13

To get attention that would improve living conditions of African American people

Question 14

What did they focus mainly on?

Answer 14

Installation of black pride

Question 15

Who was the leader of the BPM?

Answer 15

Malcolm X - islamic leader + influential

Question 16

Who was the promoter of the BPM?

Answer 16

Malcolm X

Question 17

Who was the BPP?

Answer 17

Black Panther Party

Question 18

What was the BPP?

Answer 18

Social military organisation

Question 19

Who and when was the BPP created?

Answer 19

Huey Newton in 1966

Question 20

What did the BPP fight against?

Answer 20

Particular social issues that exist for black people

Question 21

How was the BPP identified?

Answer 21

Wore black berets and leather jackets. Carried weapons

Question 22

What were the weapons?

Answer 22

Shotguns, guerilla organisation

Question 23

What was their focus?

Answer 23

Not to commit violence, on protection and communities

Question 24

What did the BPP patrol?

Answer 24

Streets in the south and all over USA. If tension escalated, they would step in - gun fight

Question 25

What did the BBP set up?

Answer 25

Three clinics - African doctors donated supplies and time - help health care Tutoring scheme - adults who could not read/write Hunger programmes

Question 26

What was the 10 point program?

Answer 26

Aimed at negotiating for liberties with the government

Question 27

What were their tactics?

Answer 27

Go to government and ask for ten things since they are helping out

Question 28

What was the first thing on their list?

Answer 28

The government must release every African American in prison must be released - no matter crime

Question 29

What did the first item on the list allow?

Answer 29

Made government susceptible to honouring the other nine points

Question 30

When was an outbreak of violence?

Answer 30

Between 1965 and 1969

Question 31

Where was the main areas of violence?

Answer 31

Two industrial areas: 1. Watts 2. Detroits

Question 32

What was Watts and Detroits?

Answer 32

Two of the biggest industrial areas in America - predominantly black (cheap labour)

Question 33

What did Johnson create?

Answer 33

commission to investigate violence

Question 34

What did Johnson do when he got his results?

Answer 34

Acted on the findings - starts to implement systems to improve lives

Question 35

What was a major long term gain?

Answer 35

Afro culture, jazz, rappers - promotes African pride

Question 36

Why was the BPP always going to be seen as negative?

Answer 36

Use of violence

Question 37

Why was the BPP seen as positive?

Answer 37

cultural icon for their passion for their community

Question 38

What was the BPM successes?

Answer 38

* Clinic * Tutoring schemes * Feeding Schemes * Police brutality reduction

Question 39

What was the BPM failures?

Answer 39

* Violence creates stigma * Police brutality did not stop * Only superficial changes * Underlying discrimination remained

Question 40

What was a major success?

Answer 40

Creation of black spirit