Groups and individuals that were eager to embrace the doctrine of Black Power, as it appeared to provide the most direct path to solidarity and mobility among African Americans, greeted the culmination of the nonviolent direct action Civil Rights Movement that created a legacy of getting results by remaining patient and using legal channels. Organizations such as The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and CORE found it suitable to change their “organizational visions” and embrace Black Power after viewing the Old Guard organizations as capitulating toward conservative ideas of racial equality (Lang 2004, 730). Furthermore, the “by any means necessary” philosophy of Malcolm X and the self-defense through armament espoused by Robert F Williams inspired many young Black Power activist. The aforementioned groups and individuals share some facets of Black Nationalism with the Black Panther Party of the Bay Area as well as different approaches to implementing the ideas within their groups.
SNCC experienced numerous changes after expanding their scope and understanding of the American black problem into a problem that mirrors many of the issues occurring in Africa. In order to bring about change in the American context of racial equality, SNCC found itself embracing Black Nationalism as a means to improve political involvement, beginning with their involvement in the voting mobilization efforts of the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO). By involving the organization in the organizing efforts in Lowndes County, Stokely Carmichael created a direct link to Black Power that allowed the group to see their purpose as a national movement (Jeffries 2005, 156). The coalition between SNCC and the LCFO demonstrates the aspec...
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In the period after Reconstruction the position of African Americans in southern American society steadily deteriorated. After 1877 the possibilities of advancements for African Americans disappeared almost completely. African Americans experienced a loss of voting rights and political power created by methods of terrorization such as lynching. The remaining political and economic gains that were made during reconstruction were eventually whittled away by Southern legislation. By the 1900s African Americans had almost no access to political, social, or economic power. Shortly after this Jim Crow laws began to emerge, segregating blacks and whites. This dramatic transition from African American power to powerlessness after reconstruction gave birth to two important leaders in the African American community, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. Although these two remarkable men were both in search of a common goal, their roads leading to this goal were significantly different. This is most evident in the two most important documents of the men’s careers: Booker T. Washington’s, “1895 Atlanta Exposition Speech” and W.E.B. DuBois’ response to this, “The Souls of Black Folks.” These two men were both dedicated to solving the difficult problems African Americans experienced in the post reconstruction south. Both DuBois and Washington wanted economic prosperity for African Americans but they differed on what would be done to achieve this. Both men focused on education as a key to the improvement of black life but they differed on the form education should take. The true difference in these men’s extremely different routes to better the lives of African Americans after reconstruction was a product of their extremely different backgrounds. In this essay I will examine the documents, “1895 Atlanta Exposition Speech” by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois’, “The Souls of Black Folks” in order to determine the paths that each of these men took towards the advancement of African Americans, and the reasons behind these methods.
(Block 27). The notoriety of Black Nationalism stemmed from the controversy it caused when compared to Dr. Kings methods of nonviolence. Dr. King and his goals for an integrated society came to be considered the best and most moral options for the black struggle against white supremacy. Black Nationalists, esp...
The methods that the Panthers employed to secure Black liberation was quite feasible. This group of activists created a collective subjectivity. Thus in order to obtain all that they sought to achieve, the creation of a “revolutionary culture” was crucial to the panthers’ efforts to influence Black Americans’ consciousness, which aimed to defy the political and social powers of the United States (Rhodes, 2007, p. 92). Through the process of communication, and the use of guns as a means of intimidation, the Panthers were able to disseminate their beliefs and rituals towards a global audience. These messages relied heavily on the proliferation and buttressing of Black culture.