Useful Links
Primary Sources
(1966) Stokely Carmichael, “Black Power”
Soon after he was named chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael began to tout the slogan and philosophy of Black Power. In the speech below he explains Black Power to an audience at the University of California, Berkeley.
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1966-stokely-carmichael-black-power/
What We Want
Stokely Carmichael, first with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and then with the Black Panthers, was among the first to articulate the difference between the Black Power and Civil Rights Movements. His use of the term “Black Power” after James Meredith’s March Against Fear in 1966 popularized the idea. The emergence of the Black Power movement marked a shift in the public perception of the U.S. Black liberation struggle.
Separatism, the determination of a particular group of people to resist assimilating to the majority culture, has a long history in the United States. Nearly every wave of immigrants to this country has at least initially tried to maintain the integrity of its native culture. Some, like the Amish, have succeeded. Early in this century, Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey urged American Black people to reject the dream of integration and to return to Africa. Garvey’s philosophy of Pan-Africanism re-emerged in the 1960s in the cry for “Black Power.” The following excerpt from Kwame Touré’s “What We Want” offers a rationale for the notion of an independent Black community.
https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/black-power/what-we-want
https://www.crmvet.org/info/stokely1.pdf
Stokely Carmichael, Toward Black Liberation
https://www.crmvet.org/info/stokely2.pdf
An excerpt from the transcript of a 1988 interview with Stokely Carmichael, proponent of the Black Power Movement
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-black-power-movement/sources/394
Stokely Carmichael addresses a meeting of the Black Panthers in Oakland, California, regarding Huey P. Newton's incarceration, United States imperialism, Black revolution, and strategies for revolution.
https://dp.la/item/ffa45bbcbbcbbf8e704e465c539a8798
Soon after he was named chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael began to tout the slogan and philosophy of Black Power. In the speech below he explains Black Power to an audience at the University of California, Berkeley.
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1966-stokely-carmichael-black-power/
What We Want
Stokely Carmichael, first with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and then with the Black Panthers, was among the first to articulate the difference between the Black Power and Civil Rights Movements. His use of the term “Black Power” after James Meredith’s March Against Fear in 1966 popularized the idea. The emergence of the Black Power movement marked a shift in the public perception of the U.S. Black liberation struggle.
Separatism, the determination of a particular group of people to resist assimilating to the majority culture, has a long history in the United States. Nearly every wave of immigrants to this country has at least initially tried to maintain the integrity of its native culture. Some, like the Amish, have succeeded. Early in this century, Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey urged American Black people to reject the dream of integration and to return to Africa. Garvey’s philosophy of Pan-Africanism re-emerged in the 1960s in the cry for “Black Power.” The following excerpt from Kwame Touré’s “What We Want” offers a rationale for the notion of an independent Black community.
https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/black-power/what-we-want
https://www.crmvet.org/info/stokely1.pdf
Stokely Carmichael, Toward Black Liberation
https://www.crmvet.org/info/stokely2.pdf
An excerpt from the transcript of a 1988 interview with Stokely Carmichael, proponent of the Black Power Movement
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-black-power-movement/sources/394
Stokely Carmichael addresses a meeting of the Black Panthers in Oakland, California, regarding Huey P. Newton's incarceration, United States imperialism, Black revolution, and strategies for revolution.
https://dp.la/item/ffa45bbcbbcbbf8e704e465c539a8798
The Black Power Movement
Useful Links:
How the Black Power Movement Influenced the Civil Rights Movement
With a focus on racial pride and self-determination, leaders of the Black Power movement argued that civil rights activism did not go far enough.
https://www.history.com/news/black-power-movement-civil-rights
The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Power-Movement-Rethinking-Rights-Black/dp/0415945968
The Foundations of Black Power
Black power emphasized black self-reliance and self-determination more than integration. Proponents believed African Americans should secure their human rights by creating political and cultural organizations that served their interests.
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/foundations-black-power
The Black Power Movement
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/black-power
Primary Sources:
Articles & Speeches by Civil Rights Movement Veterans
Black Power
https://www.crmvet.org/info/bpwrhome.htm
This primary source set addresses the black power movement through artifacts from the era, such as sermons, photographs, drawings, FBI investigations, and political manifestos.
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-black-power-movement
How the Black Power Movement Influenced the Civil Rights Movement
With a focus on racial pride and self-determination, leaders of the Black Power movement argued that civil rights activism did not go far enough.
https://www.history.com/news/black-power-movement-civil-rights
The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Power-Movement-Rethinking-Rights-Black/dp/0415945968
The Foundations of Black Power
Black power emphasized black self-reliance and self-determination more than integration. Proponents believed African Americans should secure their human rights by creating political and cultural organizations that served their interests.
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/foundations-black-power
The Black Power Movement
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/black-power
Primary Sources:
Articles & Speeches by Civil Rights Movement Veterans
Black Power
https://www.crmvet.org/info/bpwrhome.htm
This primary source set addresses the black power movement through artifacts from the era, such as sermons, photographs, drawings, FBI investigations, and political manifestos.
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-black-power-movement