Black Power

Created by: Martha Boyd
Created on: 09-06-13 15:29

After Malcolm X's assassination leadership of the Black Power Movement passed to who?

Stokely Carmichael

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What was Black Power?

The rejection of the idea of integration and, in some cases, a demand for a separate black society.

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Black Power reached a peak when some US athletes demonstrated at the Olympic Games in ... in 1968. 2 medallists in the ...m raised their right arms in the Black Power salute when the anthem was playing after the medals had been awarded.

Black Power reached a peak when some US athletes demonstrated at the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968. 2 medallists in the 400m raised their right arms in the Black Power salute when the anthem was playing after the medals had been awarded.

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In ... Stokely Carmichael and other SNCC workers in Lowndes County, Alabama, set up a political party, the ... which focused on black rights.

In 1965 Stokely Carmichael and other SNCC workers in Lowndes County, Alabama, set up a political party, the Lowndes County Freedom Organisation which focused on black rights.

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What was the symbol of the Lowndes County Freedom Organisation?

A black panther

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What was the Lowndes County Freedom Organisation's slogan?

"Vote for the panther, then go home"

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When did James Meredith lead a 'march against fear' through Mississippi?

June 1966

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At the March Against Fear through Mississippi, who made a militant speech which urged people to demand 'Black Power'?

Stokely Carmichael

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