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Black Power Movement
Black Power
There were numerous different branches of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s, many of which vehemently disagreed with one another.
The need for self-defense and potentially violent resistance against state violence was one of the more unifying characteristics of the Black Power Movement
Organizations such as the Black Panther Party encouraged African-Americans to arm themselves and defend themselves against white violence if necessary
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Black Power groups argued that violence, racism, and cultural dilution were the inevitable result of integration and that the only solution was a separation of the races
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam argued for African-American-controlled communities with African-American run-businesses in which African-Americans would have power over their own destiny
Many Black Power groups, and radical groups of the era more generally, believed that a second American Revolution was imminent
Many Black Power organizations, including the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, took their cues from Marxist rhetoric about class conflict, while others adopted a more religious attitude articulated by the Nation of Islam.
The Black Power Movement asserted that reforming the system was not possible and that a complete political, social, and racial reformation of American life would be necessary in order for justice to occur
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