Impact of black militancy Flashcards

1
Q

Who was the leader of the SNC

A

Stokely Carmichael

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2
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What did carmichael set up in 1965

A

Lowndes County Freedom organisation/ BLACK PANTHER party

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3
Q

What was the LCFO slogan

A

vote for panther then go home

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4
Q

Who was James meredith

A

integrated uni of mississipi and led the march against fear. He was shot on the second day

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5
Q

What did carmichael want to do to white campaigners

A

exclude them

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6
Q

What was the new symbol

A

a raised hand with a clenched fist ‘BLACKPOWER!’

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7
Q

Who used this symbol

A

1968 black olympic medalists

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8
Q

What did the blacpanthers wear

A

uniform
guns

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9
Q

What did the BPP want to do

A

organise community projects
FSM for breakfast
decent housing
black history courses

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10
Q

What did black power students want

A

black staff
courses on black history

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11
Q

What did black workers want

A

black jobs
equal pay
equal job opportunities

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12
Q

When and where did riots take place

A

1964
NYC
Chicago
Philadelphia

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13
Q

When season did the riots take place

A

Summer

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14
Q

What was bad about summer

A

Heat frustration

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15
Q

Media coverage was replaced with?

A

A black man holding a petrol bomb rather than a black man being attacked by a white man

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16
Q

Who had denied the existence of ghettos

A

Mayor Daley in 1963

17
Q

What did King inroduce in his northern crusade

A

tenant unions
improved working condititions
teaching young people about non-violent protests

18
Q

How many black americans lived in chicago

A

800000

19
Q

When was MLK assassinated

A

1968 april 4 on the memphis sanitation workers campaign