1950/1960’s BLACK POWER
Positive Negative
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam Malcom X and The Nation of Islam
he put forward ideas about black pride and black power. involved with drugs, gambling
his popularity amongst ghetto blacks contributed greatly to the arrested and whilst in jail, he underwent a conversion to the
Nation’s $3 million annual income. Islamic faith that transformed his life
he drew attention to urban ghettos and their social problems of racial theories of the Nation of Islam- Allah made all people
crime, prostitution, drugs and unemployment. black until an evil scientist Jacoub inbred the palest faces to
warned that without action, violence would erupt. produce an inferior race, Allah in his anger swore that his chosen
1964- left the Nation of Islam because he wanted to participate black people would be enslaved by the white devils but at the
more in politics and civil rights. time of judgement the whites would be destroyed
anti-Semitic
preached that men were superior to women, where Muhammad
said that females were ‘given to evil and sin while men are noble
and given to righteousness’.
Black Power Black Power
Stokely Carmichael- SNCC’s new chairman came out of growing tensions between older and younger leaders
encouraged a consciousness of black identity and pride of SNCC and CORE
Ideas Ideas
rejection of non-violence white people weren’t welcome in the Civil Rights Movement
black supremacy -the idea that black people should be in
complete control of their own destiny
demands for more effective and fair implementation of the law
radical social change especially in housing and education
was becoming increasingly popular
Black Panthers Black Panthers
new paramilitary group led by Huey Newton and Bobby exchange of fire between Panthers and the police 1967- Huey
initially formed to protect local communities from police Newton was wounded and charged with killing a police officer
brutality and racism. 1968- eight BPP members, including Eldridge Cleaver and
group also ran medical clinics and provided free food for school Bobby Hutton ambushed by the Oakland police, two men decided
children. to surrender, Hutton shot twelve times by the police and was
were feeding over 10 000 children every day before they went to killed instantly
school. over 6 years- 24 Black Panthers were killed in gun fights with
Membership- grew to over 2 000 eventually reaching about 5 the police.
000. never surpassed 5,000 members
Demands made guns the focus of their identity
freedom- the power to determine the destiny of the black
community and control all institutions that exist in black
communities.
full employment for black people
end to ‘robbery’ of all black people by the capitalists and
repayment in currency of the debt of forty acres and two mules
promised as repayment for slave labour after the abolition of
slavery.
decent education that exposes the truth about the ‘decadent racist
society’ and teachers black history
black exemption from military service
an end to acts of brutality and murder by the police
freedom for all black people held in jail
black juries for black people
land entitlement as well as bread, clothing, housing, education,
justice and peace
The March Against Fear 1966 The March Against Fear 1966
gave SNCC the opportunity to publicise its own stance revealed divisions between SNCC, CORE, SCLC, NAACP and
NUL
Martin Luther King 1955-68 Martin Luther King 1955-68
1966- was invited to Chicago to run a civil rights campaign in Chicago’s housing problem wasn’t solved
the city, SCLC agreed to come to Chicago King also spoke out against Vietnam- the violence was a total
focused on de facto segregation in education, employment and contradiction of King’s religious principles and it was diverting
housing. funds and attention from civil rights at a time when further
Chicago’s housing problem was highlighted. reforms seemed possible
began to define freedom in terms of economic equality rather Poor Man’s March- didn’t actually happen as support was not
than political equality forthcoming
Poor Man’s March - began to plan this to protest about the
severe poverty that still existed in the US, King urged blacks to
broaden their movement and bring the Hispanic and India into
the war on poverty, planned to bring all the poor together to
Positive Negative
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam Malcom X and The Nation of Islam
he put forward ideas about black pride and black power. involved with drugs, gambling
his popularity amongst ghetto blacks contributed greatly to the arrested and whilst in jail, he underwent a conversion to the
Nation’s $3 million annual income. Islamic faith that transformed his life
he drew attention to urban ghettos and their social problems of racial theories of the Nation of Islam- Allah made all people
crime, prostitution, drugs and unemployment. black until an evil scientist Jacoub inbred the palest faces to
warned that without action, violence would erupt. produce an inferior race, Allah in his anger swore that his chosen
1964- left the Nation of Islam because he wanted to participate black people would be enslaved by the white devils but at the
more in politics and civil rights. time of judgement the whites would be destroyed
anti-Semitic
preached that men were superior to women, where Muhammad
said that females were ‘given to evil and sin while men are noble
and given to righteousness’.
Black Power Black Power
Stokely Carmichael- SNCC’s new chairman came out of growing tensions between older and younger leaders
encouraged a consciousness of black identity and pride of SNCC and CORE
Ideas Ideas
rejection of non-violence white people weren’t welcome in the Civil Rights Movement
black supremacy -the idea that black people should be in
complete control of their own destiny
demands for more effective and fair implementation of the law
radical social change especially in housing and education
was becoming increasingly popular
Black Panthers Black Panthers
new paramilitary group led by Huey Newton and Bobby exchange of fire between Panthers and the police 1967- Huey
initially formed to protect local communities from police Newton was wounded and charged with killing a police officer
brutality and racism. 1968- eight BPP members, including Eldridge Cleaver and
group also ran medical clinics and provided free food for school Bobby Hutton ambushed by the Oakland police, two men decided
children. to surrender, Hutton shot twelve times by the police and was
were feeding over 10 000 children every day before they went to killed instantly
school. over 6 years- 24 Black Panthers were killed in gun fights with
Membership- grew to over 2 000 eventually reaching about 5 the police.
000. never surpassed 5,000 members
Demands made guns the focus of their identity
freedom- the power to determine the destiny of the black
community and control all institutions that exist in black
communities.
full employment for black people
end to ‘robbery’ of all black people by the capitalists and
repayment in currency of the debt of forty acres and two mules
promised as repayment for slave labour after the abolition of
slavery.
decent education that exposes the truth about the ‘decadent racist
society’ and teachers black history
black exemption from military service
an end to acts of brutality and murder by the police
freedom for all black people held in jail
black juries for black people
land entitlement as well as bread, clothing, housing, education,
justice and peace
The March Against Fear 1966 The March Against Fear 1966
gave SNCC the opportunity to publicise its own stance revealed divisions between SNCC, CORE, SCLC, NAACP and
NUL
Martin Luther King 1955-68 Martin Luther King 1955-68
1966- was invited to Chicago to run a civil rights campaign in Chicago’s housing problem wasn’t solved
the city, SCLC agreed to come to Chicago King also spoke out against Vietnam- the violence was a total
focused on de facto segregation in education, employment and contradiction of King’s religious principles and it was diverting
housing. funds and attention from civil rights at a time when further
Chicago’s housing problem was highlighted. reforms seemed possible
began to define freedom in terms of economic equality rather Poor Man’s March- didn’t actually happen as support was not
than political equality forthcoming
Poor Man’s March - began to plan this to protest about the
severe poverty that still existed in the US, King urged blacks to
broaden their movement and bring the Hispanic and India into
the war on poverty, planned to bring all the poor together to
