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

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

white supremacists are people who believe that those identified as 'white' are superior to all other races

A pilgrimage is a religious journey to a place of significance; Muslims go on a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lives

The role of Malcolm X in the civil rights 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?

integrated groups are groups with both black and white 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

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

the establishment is a system of politics and government that some argue enables racial and economic inequality

The Black Panther Party

discrimination is the unjust treatment of a person or group of people, usually on the grounds of a physical quality or belief

a commission is a group of people trusted by a government to carry out a task, usually an investigation

The riots of 1965-67 and the Kerner Report (1968)

redlining was the process used in Chicago to limit black Americans to specific, run-down areas of the city

King's campaign in the North

bussing was a system of using coaches and buses to help black Americans attend integrated schools outside of their local area

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

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These lessons will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.