The Non-Violence Movement: The Black Power Movement

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The Black Power Movement was popularised by student Stockley Carmichael formerly member of the Student Non-violence Committee. The movement lasted from the 1960-70s and grew in popularity over the years. The movement had countless different goals as there were many groups and individuals apart of the movement. But all groups shared the beliefs that a non-violent movement would not work and that it wasn’t about equality it was about equal power. Groups and individuals such as the nation of Islam, the Black Panther Party and Malcom X were able to create change but, not able to achieve their goals by utilising violence.
One of the main key factors of the Black Power Movement was violence. This violence condoned by the leaders and groups of the …show more content…

Their purpose for the party was to help African Americans who needed it. They would give them clothing, legal aid, educational help and breakfast to children going to school but, their main goal was to be trained in violent self defence and fight for those who were being harassed or beaten by police. The party had a 10 point plan on what they wanted to change. This 10 point plan was a list of goals they wanted to achieve including their initial goal of stopping police brutality towards African Americans. To achieve this, they believed that if they needed to they would use violence to get what they want. The party would walk around African American neighbourhoods with loaded guns. This was to stop police from beating African Americans and fight back if there was any brutality towards them. Their initial goals of stopping police brutality did not last as they were faced with more violence towards them and many of them ended up being killed. This led to the decrease in members. Many of the other goals of the 10 point plan were also not achieved. By the party’s end they had not achieved their goal of elimination brutality towards African Americans although police brutality had

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