BLACK POWER
FIGHT THE POWER
BACKGROUND INFORMATION-BLACK POWER
THE CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT:
- STARTED DURING THE 1960's
- UNITED STATES
- A MOVEMENT FOR RIGHTS FOR BLACK PEOPLE
- TO CREATE EQUALITY IN THE WORLD
- AFRICAN AMERICANS MAKE UP 40 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
- 13% OF THE TOTAL WORLD POPULATION IS BLACK
The Black Power Movement
STAND UP FOR WHAT U BELIEVE IN
THESE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTING BLACK POWER
DOSE NOT NOT EQUAL
THERE SAYING THE KKK AND BLACK POWER DON'T GO TOGETHER
SYMBOL
THE SYMBOL FOR BLACK POWER FROM THE BLACK PANTHERS
INFORMATION ABOUT PROTEST
- PROTEST: SOME TIMES VIOLENT AND RUTHLESS
- DURING PROTEST THINGS WERE BURNT, BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND SHOOTS FIRED
- MARTIN LUTHER KING DID NOT BELIEVE IN VIOLENCE. HE BELIEVED IN PEACEFUL NON-VIOLENT PROTEST. HE WALKED THE STREETS WITH SIGNS AND CHANTED "BLACK POWER, BLACK POWER"
EFFECTS OF THE PROTEST
- THE BLACKS DID NOT NOT FEEL THAT THE PROTEST WERE ENOUGH. THEY FORMED GROUPS TO FIGHT BACK WHEN THE WHITES DID NOT LET THEM INTO PLACES OR TOOK THEM TO JAIL FOR PROTESTING
- THE PROTEST HELPED DRAW ATTEND TO THE BLACK ISSUE
- THE FIRES AND THE FIGHTING CREATED A DEEPER DIVIDE BETWEEN THE WHITES AND THE BLACKS.
- THE KKK WAS FORMED OUT OF HATE FOR ANYTHING THAT IS NOT WHITE
- THE KKK CAUSED THE GREATEST HARM TO THE MOVEMENT. THEY HUNG BLACK PEOPLE, BURNED CROSSES ON LAWNS AND CREATED CAMPS TO BRAIN WASH YOUNG WHITE CHILDREN INTO HATING BLACKS AND JEWS
- THOSE WHO COULD FIGHT BACK JOINED THE MOVEMENT AND HELPED BLACK PEOPLE FIGHT AGAINST THE KKK
CURTIS MAYFIELD BLACK POWER SONG
I want u to listen to the song but also listen to the lyrics they mean something
ASSESSMENT QUESTION
THE BLACKS ESTABLISH THE BELIEVE SYSTEM BY FIGHTING FOR THERE RIGHTS AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE HARD TIMES THEY STILL PUSHED THROUGH AND NEVER GAVE UP :) !!~!!!