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Black power is a political slogan and a name which is given to various associated ideologies which aim to achieve self-determination for black people. [1] [2] It is primarily, but not exclusively, used by black activists and other proponents of what the slogan entails in the United States. [3]
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Black Power became the rallying call of black nationalists and revolutionary armed movements like the Black Panther Party, and King’s interpretation of the slogan faded into obscurity.
What is Black Power and why is it the proper response to institutional racism? According to Ture and Hamilton, why is Black Power not racist? How do the views of Ture and Hamilton compare with those of Frederick Douglas (See "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
The philosophies employed by the Black Power Movement organizations, as described by these authors, consisted of Black identity, Black self-determination, racial solidarity, Black liberation, and Black self-defense.
With a focus on racial pride and self‑determination, leaders of the Black Power movement argued that civil rights activism did not go far enough.
Drawing on long traditions of racial pride and black nationalism, black power advocates enlarged and enhanced the accomplishments and tactics of the civil rights movement. Rather than settle for legal rights and integration into white society, they demanded the cultural, political, and economic power to strengthen black communities so they ...
Floyd McKissick, Executive Director of C.O.R.E., the following day reacted to the Vice President’s remarks charging that Mr. Humphrey had expressed a typical racist reaction to the concept of...
