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Do Now. What do you think works better: nonviolent protests or violent protests? Explain. Black Panthers. Vocabulary. Black Power Black Panthers. Vocabulary.

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  1. Do Now • What do you think works better: nonviolent protests or violent protests? Explain.

  2. Black Panthers

  3. Vocabulary • Black Power • Black Panthers

  4. Vocabulary • Black Power - Movement that developed in the mid-1960s calling for renewed pride in, and new emphasis on, racial pride in African-American heritage • Black Panthers – A group of African-Americans that fought for Civil Rights

  5. Key Points • The Black Panthers were initially formed to protect local communities from police brutality and racism. • The group also ran medical clinics and provided free food to school children. • Within a couple of years the Black Panthers in Oakland were feeding over 10,000 children every day before they went to school. • One of the central aims of the Black Panthers was to stop abuse by local police departments

  6. Stokely Carmichael • Was a leader of the Black Panthers • Believed that African-Americans needed to organize by themselves without white people in their groups

  7. a uniform of blue shirts, black pants, black leather jackets, black berets, and openly displayed loaded shotguns. In his studies, Newton had discovered a California law that allowed carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun in public, as long as it was publicly displayed and pointed at no one

  8. Watts Riots • During the 1960s violent riots did break out in black neighborhoods in many cities. The African Americans who rioted were angry about violent treatment by police, a lack of jobs, and poor housing.

  9. Compare and Contrast • Compare and contrast Martin Luther King/Nonviolence and the Black Panthers • 6 sentence minimum • 3 comparisons • 3 contrasts

  10. “A lot of people…tell me that they don’t like when Rat Brown tells them he’s gonna burn the country down. But every time he tells them he’s gonna burn the country down, they get a poverty program.” Stokely Carmichael, “We Need a United Black Front,” 1968, Black Panthers • Which best explains what Carmichael means? • In order to get what they want, African-Americans must use only non-violence • In order to get what they want, African-Americans should burn the whole country down • In order to get what they want, African-Americans should threaten to use violence • In order to get what they want, African-Americans must leave the country

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