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Overview
In discourse concerning the history of the Black American Freedom struggle, the climax and subsequent falling action of the Black Freedom narrative refers primarily to the mainstream Civil Rights Movement in the American Deep South. While the Southern American Civil Rights Movement is an essential influence in the Black Freedom struggle, it is often toted as being the only movement to challenge the oppression and subjugation of Blacks in America. However, to promote such a notion would be unfounded. In fact, I will go further and suggest an alternative theory. The mainstream Civil Rights Movement, by that I am referring to the point in history between the Brown decision (1954) and ending with the emergence of the “Silent Majority” of the Nixon Era (1968) is crucial only in the aspect that it provided a groundwork for a more radicalized and unrecognized leftist Black freedom struggle in the late 1960s. The radicalized Black liberation movement, the Black Power Movement between the assassination of Malcolm X (1965) to the Election of President Reagan (1980) manifested out of a desire to promote cultural and ethnic awareness, economic independence, self-defense, and in some cases Marxism. The Black Power Movement provided the internal liberation needed for Blacks to take full advantage of the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement. Blacks needed to be awakened as to their rich history and culture that was effectively censored by the White authority structure of the United States.
However, the purpose of this essay is not to provide an analysis or overview of these distinct yet intertwined struggle movements. I am interested in understanding the significance of location or region in the productivity and success of the Civ...

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...r Watts’ citizens to rebel. The unique challenged mentioned in the introduction of this paragraph alludes to the heightened sense of militancy on the part of both the oppressed Black community and the white authority structure in Los Angeles. The dangerous combination of radicalized brutality in the form of malicious law enforcement, again legal terrorist, and disgruntled and vengeful Blacks explains the logic behind the ideological approach of self-defense for the California Black Liberation struggle.

Effectiveness of the Southern Strategy
The primary reason for the laudation of the Southern Black Liberation Movement was the achievements gained from the tireless approach of non-violence and civil disobedience. Southern Liberation leaders were praised for their refusal for withstanding the brutality of white conservatism

Effectiveness of the California Strategy