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CHANGING PATTERNS AND APPROACHES, 1955-80: EMERGENCE OF THE BLACK POWER…
CHANGING PATTERNS AND APPROACHES, 1955-80: EMERGENCE OF THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT AND MLK'S NORTHERN STRATEGY
KING'S NORTHERN STRATEGY
After 1964, MLK began to focus on the North, visiting the overcrowded black ghettos.
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MLK announced a 'Northern Crusade' to improve slums by setting up tenant unions, improving conditions, and teaching youth about NVDA.
This campaign focused on Chicago - 'Chicago freedom campaign', which aimed to draw media attention to discrimination in housing.
This campaign failed as it brought no permanent change. White people did not want to pay more to help the ghettos with taxes rising due to the Vietnam War.
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Nation of Islam
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Membership boomed in the 1950s, because of the charismatic Malcolm X- who encouraged armed self-defence.
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Growth of Black Power
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The Black Panthers
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Followed police cars to expose police brutality in ghettos, which led to violent shootouts.
They wore a uniform and carried guns, which attracted the govts attention.
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