integrated groups are groups with both black and white Americans

Black Power is the political name for groups aiming for self determination for black Americans

self-determination is when a person or group is able to control their own life/lives

to be able to provide for yourself without any outside help is called self-sufficiency

separatism is the the belief that keeping people separate is the right thing to do; the Black Muslims believed in separating white and black Americans

The emergence of the Black Power movement

History

This unit has interesting parallels with opposition to the Vietnam War

Pupils know that some people had opposed the civil rights movement

USA: how did the civil rights movement change after 1965?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

groups with both black and white Americans

when a person or group is able to control their own life/lives

to be able to provide for yourself without any outside help

Match the keywords to the correct definitions.

the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

the Lowndes County Freedom Organisation (LCFO)

Whose slogan was ‘Black Power for Black People’?

Which event raised the profile of the Black Power Movement?

What did Stokely Carmichael and the Black Power movement support/encourage amongst black Americans?

How did many white Americans interpret the Black Power movement?

The assassination of who resulted in rapidly increasing support for a militant approach to the fight against racial injustice?

political name for groups for self determination for Black Americans

people who believe that those identified as 'white' are superior

a religious journey to a place of significance

Match the following keywords with the correct definitions.

What keyword describes the belief that keeping people separate is the right thing to do?

What group was also known as the Nation of Islam?

the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Malcolm X's changing policies went on to become the foundation of which of the following?

By the end of 1964, who was Malcolm X moving towards some level of alliance with?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

Starter Quiz