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1
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What grew the Black power movement?

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Out of the Civl rights movement

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What was different?

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Same concept , way they were conducting protest

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Why did it exist?

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Why they fighting for different things than the CRM?

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They tried to fight for that they believed in, in a different way

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5
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What happened to MLK non-violence approach?

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Started losing momentum in the 60s - assassinated + laws were just passed - nothing happened

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What did not change?

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People still lived in poverty
Inadequate public transport
33% black families below poverty line
Discrepancy between white + black health care

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7
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What was a successful form of protest?

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Use of force - advance goals faster than current projections

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8
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Why didn’t Martin Luther King want to use violence?

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He didn’t want to create a stigma

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What did the BPM think about the stigma?

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Wanted to use stigma as leverage to gain new rights

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What was the BPM not trying to gain?

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Political change

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What makes the CRM and BPM different?

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BPM did not want political change - not same way

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What did the CRM fight for?

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Political change - laws to be passed to removed discrimination and segregation

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What was the BPM fighting for?

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To get attention that would improve living conditions of African American people

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What did they focus mainly on?

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Installation of black pride

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Who was the leader of the BPM?

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Malcolm X - islamic leader + influential

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Who was the promoter of the BPM?

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Malcolm X

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17
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Who was the BPP?

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Black Panther Party

18
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What was the BPP?

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Social military organisation

19
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Who and when was the BPP created?

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Huey Newton in 1966

20
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What did the BPP fight against?

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Particular social issues that exist for black people

21
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How was the BPP identified?

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Wore black berets and leather jackets. Carried weapons

22
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What were the weapons?

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Shotguns, guerilla organisation

23
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What was their focus?

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Not to commit violence, on protection and communities

24
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What did the BPP patrol?

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Streets in the south and all over USA. If tension escalated, they would step in - gun fight

25
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What did the BBP set up?

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Three clinics - African doctors donated supplies and time - help health care
Tutoring scheme - adults who could not read/write
Hunger programmes

26
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What was the 10 point program?

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Aimed at negotiating for liberties with the government

27
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What were their tactics?

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Go to government and ask for ten things since they are helping out

28
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What was the first thing on their list?

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The government must release every African American in prison must be released - no matter crime

29
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What did the first item on the list allow?

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Made government susceptible to honouring the other nine points

30
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When was an outbreak of violence?

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Between 1965 and 1969

31
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Where was the main areas of violence?

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Two industrial areas:
1. Watts
2. Detroits

32
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What was Watts and Detroits?

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Two of the biggest industrial areas in America - predominantly black (cheap labour)

33
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What did Johnson create?

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commission to investigate violence

34
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What did Johnson do when he got his results?

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Acted on the findings - starts to implement systems to improve lives

35
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What was a major long term gain?

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Afro culture, jazz, rappers - promotes African pride

36
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Why was the BPP always going to be seen as negative?

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Use of violence

37
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Why was the BPP seen as positive?

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cultural icon for their passion for their community

38
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What was the BPM successes?

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  • Clinic
  • Tutoring schemes
  • Feeding Schemes
  • Police brutality reduction
39
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What was the BPM failures?

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  • Violence creates stigma
  • Police brutality did not stop
  • Only superficial changes
  • Underlying discrimination remained
40
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What was a major success?

A

Creation of black spirit

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