Black Power and the Meredith march Flashcards
when was black power created?
1960’s
how did most white people perceive the black power movement?
violent
what did most people in the black power movement want?
economic and political independence and the promotion of black pride.
why did the black power movement develop?
- ghetto problems
- influence of Malcolm X
- NAACP - too slow
- SNCC and CORE; appointed new radical leaders such as Stokely Carmichael
who first made the “black power” name popularised?
Stokely Carmichael at the Meredith march
who began the Meredith march and when?
James Meredith, a black student at the university of Mississippi. 1966 he planned to encourage black voter registration through marching through Mississippi.
what happened to Meredith during the march?
he was shot by a white racist, injured and hospitalised
what happened after Meredith was hospitalised?
that march carried out by SNCC and SCLC
what showed that there was a divide in the civil rights movement during the march?
King’s SCLC chanted “freedom now” whilst Carmichael’s SNCC chanted “black power”
what did Carmichael believe
he urged black Americans to reject interracial protests and instead encouraged solidarity.
- he wanted eventual integration but not until white saw blacks as equal.
