Black Power

Movements

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 Groups and Key People
There were quite a few civil rights movement
groups, but the major ones are the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP), the Black Panthers and Black Power.
Since 1909, The NAACP had supported court cases
trying to overturn segregation. They took
moderate steps toward equality. The Black
Panthers were a political organization to challenge
police brutality against the African American
community. Some key people that helped and/or
inspired others were Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., Linda Brown, and many others. These
groups and people were pushing to end
segregation and racism in some way.
Major Events
There were quite of few major events that took
Black Power place and helped challenge segregation more and
By: Cameron
The Black Branch
Power was the mobilization of the
more each time. There were lost of positives with
political and economic power of African Americans,
these events, but there were also a lot of
especially to compel respect for their rights and to
negatives. Some of those major events were
improve their conditions After World War II,
Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board,
African Americans and other civil rights supporters
Montgomery bus Boycott, the March
challenged segregation in the United States. Their
Washington, and many more. There also freedom
efforts were strongly opposed by Southern
riders, black and white people that boarded
segregationists. Rosa Parks sat in the white
several southbound interstate buses, and people
section and was arrested, news reached the
that did sit-ins. While these events that took place
NAACP and she helped them challenge
were going for peace and positivity, that was no
segregation. When Rosa did this, she set a new
always the result that they got back. Most of the
way for civil rights movements.
times at the sit-ins, the people that were involved
The civil rights movement had been building for a
were harassed, beaten, and sometimes arrested.
long time. During the 1930s, many African
In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, Plessy lost the
Americans benefited from the New Deal programs
case since the court said that it is “separate but
and started supporting the Democratic Party. This
equal”.
gave the new party in the North, more strength so
it could counter the Southern people that wanted Legacy/Impact
segregation. These movements were really
These Civil Rights movements were starting to
inspiring black people to stand up for themselves.
catch the attention of people all across the U.S.
Because of this, there were a lot of protests,
Eisenhower sympathized with the civil rights
marches, sit-ins, and boycotts. They wanted
movements, but he was scared of
racism to end.
consequences that would come with trying to
enforce laws that would stop racism. He finally
came up with the decision to send troops into the
Groups and Key People
There were quite a few civil rights movement
groups, but the major ones are the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP), the Black Panthers and Black
Power. Since 1909, The NAACP had supported
court cases trying to overturn segregation.
They took moderate steps toward equality.
The Black Panthers were a political
organization to challenge police brutality
against the African American community.
Some key people that helped and/or inspired
others were Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., Linda Brown, and many others.
These groups and people were pushing to end
segregation and racism in some way.
Major Events
There were quite of few major events that
took place and helped challenge segregation
more and more each time. There were lost of
positives with these events, but there were
also a lot of negatives. Some of those major
the
events were Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v.
on
Board, the Montgomery bus Boycott, the
March on Washington, and many more. There
also freedom riders, black and white people
that boarded several southbound interstate
buses, and people that did sit-ins. While these
events that took place were going for peace
and positivity, that was no always the result
that they got back. Most of the times at the
sit-ins, the people that were involved were
harassed, beaten, and sometimes arrested.
In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, Plessy lost the
case since the court said that it is “separate
but equal”.
Legacy/Impact
These Civil Rights movements were starting to
catch the attention of people all across the
the
U.S. Eisenhower sympathized with the civil
rights movements, but he was scared of the
consequences that would come with trying to