The Black Power Movement

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The Black Power Movement
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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles

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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles
• Sought to connect with African political
  movements

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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles
• Sought to connect with African political
  movements
• Reclaimed black history and identity from
  cultural terrorism

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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles
• Sought to connect with African political
  movements
• Reclaimed black history and identity from
  cultural terrorism
• Rejected ideological indoctrination of
  educational system

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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles
• Sought to connect with African political
  movements
• Reclaimed black history and identity from
  cultural terrorism
• Rejected ideological indoctrination of
  educational system
• Rejected values of Western Modernity

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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles
• Sought to connect with African political
  movements
• Reclaimed black history and identity from
  cultural terrorism
• Rejected ideological indoctrination of
  educational system
• Rejected values of Western Modernity
• Sought to establish Black-controlled
  institutions

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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles
• Sought to connect with African political
  movements
• Reclaimed black history and identity from
  cultural terrorism
• Rejected ideological indoctrination of
  educational system
• Rejected values of Western Modernity
• Sought to establish Black-controlled
  institutions
• Emphasized Community over Individual

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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles
• Sought to connect with African political
  movements
• Reclaimed black history and identity from
  cultural terrorism
• Rejected ideological indoctrination of
  educational system
• Rejected values of Western Modernity
• Sought to establish Black-controlled
  institutions
• Emphasized Community over Individual
• Rejected integration as a goal

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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles
• Sought to connect with African political
  movements
• Reclaimed black history and identity from
  cultural terrorism
• Rejected ideological indoctrination of
  educational system
• Rejected values of Western Modernity
• Sought to establish Black-controlled
  institutions
• Emphasized Community over Individual
• Rejected integration as a goal
• Rejected white collaboration

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The Black Power Movement

• Part of 1960s Civil Rights and
  Decolonization Struggles
• Sought to connect with African political
  movements
• Reclaimed black history and identity from
  cultural terrorism
• Rejected ideological indoctrination of
  educational system
• Rejected values of Western Modernity
• Sought to establish Black-controlled
  institutions
• Emphasized Community over Individual
• Rejected integration as a goal
• Rejected white collaboration
• Black Power Movement was sometimes charged
  with being
• racism in reverse or Black Supremacist
  (I think this is an
• oversimplified charge)