Black Power

This page is about Black Power during the 1960's civil Rights Movement

Black Power
The upbringing of the Black Power Movement started in 1966 when an African American male named James Meredith had been shot in an ambush that fought for the peace of African Americans like himself. James Meredith was actually the first African American to enroll in the University of Mississippi in 1962. Civil Rights activists such as Martin Luther King Jr. Floyd McKissick, and Stokely Carmichael were friends with James Meredith and rushed to his hospital bed to check on his condition from the gunshot wound.

Malcolm X
Malcolm X was actually a devoted member of the Black Panthers, which is what the group’s name was. Malcolm X partook in various rallies, protests, marches that focused on fighting for his people’s freedom and some were violent, and some were not. The Black Power movement was courageous on Malcolm’s part and even though success varied during marches and rallies, achieved a few of its goals in the near future.