3.4 Black power 1966-74 Flashcards
Race riots
Large riots took place in New york
200 people killed and thousands injured
Kerner report
states inequality is the reason for race riots
What were the riots caused by
Police brutality
Frustration and anger of living in ghettos
Watts Riot in LA 1965
started because of arrest of man for drink driving
rumours that police attacked his mother and gf
Positive impact of race riots
Made CR focus on North
Negative impact of the race riots
Made white people loose sympathy
money given to ghettos for improving spent on police for riots
March against fear
Meredith led a march through Mississippi but he was shot
MLK and Carmichael took over the march
Who was Stokely Carmichael
Well known member of the SNCC
Eventually stopped believing in non-violence as he looked up to Malcolm X
1986 Olympics
Tommie Smith and John Carlos did the black power salute whilst the national anthem played.
Impact of the 1968 Olympics
Tommie Smith and John Carlos banned
They’re accused of bringing politics into sport
Publicity for the Black power movement
Black Panther Party
Best known black power group
They were constantly targeted by the FBI
What did the Black Panther party want
Stop discrimination
Wanted separation
wanted power over whites
What would the Black panthers do
They would follow police around to prevent police brutality
People in ghettos felt safer
What did the Black panthers 10 point programme aim for
Justice - equal rights
Welfare - free healthcare
Opportunity - education for blacks
Positive impacts of the black panthers
People felt safer
medical clinics for black people
reduction in gang violence
