Black Power Movement – Flashcards

the belief that blacks should fight back if attacked. it urged blacks to achieve economic independence by starting and supporting their own business.

a white officer beat a black motorist in LA which caused 6 days of violence and thirty four people to die. Homes were burned and the national guard had to be brought in.

created in July, 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the causes of the 1967 race riots in the United States

spread ideas of black nationalism. disagreed w/ both the tactics and goals of the early civil rights movement. minister of the nation of isam. rejected his original name because it was his family's slave name

a belief in the separate identity and racial unity of the African American community

A group formed in 1966, inspired by the idea of Black Power, that provided aid to black neighborhoods; often thought of as radical or violent.

the forced integration of white and African American students in the same school, which replaced the idea of "equal but separate" schools

a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities