Black power

Malcolm X 

• NoI - black separatism
• Self-defence
• Black nationalism - self-governance, control economy, black independence
• Created OAAU after leaving NoI - worked with other civil rights groups for better housing + education
• Assassinated in 1965

Radicalisation of CORE + SNCC

1962 Meredith March - Meredith in University of Mississippi (shot) -> SNCC Carmichael carried on march + adopted black power

BLACK POWER:

• Black culture
• Community control
• Integration (on black terms)

1966 - SNCC excluded white members

1968 - CORE excluded white members

Carmichael - better education + housing, embracing black culture e.g. ghetto language

SNCC + CORE STOPPED COLLABORATING WITH NAACP + SCLC

SNCC 1966-8

Freedom Cities

Free D.C. Movement 1966-68

• Democratised local school boards e.g. all choose curriculum
• 'Model police precinct' elected + govt gave $3m to improve policing

Mississippi Freedom City 1966-7

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