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Year 11
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The emergence of the Black Power movement

I can explain the reasons for the emergence of the Black Power, the role of Stokely Carmichael and the significance of the Mexico Olympics.

New
New
Year 11
Edexcel

The emergence of the Black Power movement

I can explain the reasons for the emergence of the Black Power, the role of Stokely Carmichael and the significance of the Mexico Olympics.

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Key learning points

  1. Continued riots and unrest following the Civil Rights Act (1964) led to some looking for new methods of protest.
  2. Stokely Carmichael led several other members of SNCC to reject many groups and create their own political force.
  3. The Black Power movement faced a lot of criticism because some believed it meant separatism.
  4. The Mexico Olympics (1968) raised the profile of the Black Power Movement, with several athletes pledging their support.

Keywords

  • Integrated - integrated groups are groups with both black and white Americans

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

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

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

  • Separatism - 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

Common misconception

The Black Power movement was entirely separate from the civil rights movement.

Many of the leading figures of the Black Power movement began as civil rights activists, who had grown frustrated with the lack of progress and looked to more radical methods and beliefs.

When explaining key features of the Black Power movement, emphasise the similarities with the mainstream civil rights movement. Although the Black Power movement advocated for separatism, they also looked to address the inequalities and racial injustice that black Americans faced.
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the following keywords with the correct definitions.
Correct Answer:Black Power,political name for groups for self determination for Black Americans

political name for groups for self determination for Black Americans

Correct Answer:orator,a public speaker

a public speaker

Correct Answer:white supremacists,people who believe that those identified as 'white' are superior

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

Correct Answer:pilgrimage,a religious journey to a place of significance

a religious journey to a place of significance

Q2.
What keyword describes the belief that keeping people separate is the right thing to do?
Correct Answer: separatism, Separatism
Q3.
What group was also known as the Nation of Islam?
Correct answer: Black Muslims
White Muslims
Black Christians
White Supremacists
Q4.
What happened to Malcolm X in 1965?
He was made President.
Correct answer: He was assassinated.
He was sent to prison.
He joined the Nation of Islam.
Q5.
Malcolm X's changing policies went on to become the foundation of which of the following?
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Correct answer: the Black Panther Party
Correct answer: the Black Power movement
the Black Muslims
Q6.
By the end of 1964, who was Malcolm X moving towards some level of alliance with?
Stokely Carmichael
Correct answer: Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm Little
Elijah Muhammad

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
Correct Answer:integrated,groups with both black and white Americans

groups with both black and white Americans

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

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

Correct Answer:self-sufficiency,to be able to provide for yourself without any outside help

to be able to provide for yourself without any outside help

Q2.
Whose slogan was ‘Black Power for Black People’?
the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Correct answer: the Lowndes County Freedom Organisation (LCFO)
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm X
Q3.
Which event raised the profile of the Black Power Movement?
Correct Answer: The Mexico Olympics, the Mexico Olympics, The Mexico Olympics (1968), the Mexico Olympics (1968), The Mexico Olympics 1968
Q4.
What did Stokely Carmichael and the Black Power movement support/encourage amongst black Americans?
Correct answer: self-sufficiency
Correct answer: self-determination
Correct answer: self defence
spending
Correct answer: separatism
Q5.
How did many white Americans interpret the Black Power movement?
as a uniting and integrated organisation
as a violent, anti-black movement
as a peaceful, pro-civil rights movement
Correct answer: as a violent, anti-white organisation
Q6.
The assassination of who resulted in rapidly increasing support for a militant approach to the fight against racial injustice?
Correct answer: Martin Luther King Jr
Correct answer: Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Malcolm X

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