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The USA 1945–1974: The People and the State

Black Power, radical leaders, and Native American and Chicano campaigns

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Overview

Malcolm X in and after the Nation of Islam, Stokely Carmichael and Black Power, the Black Panther Party and its effect on the movement, the American Indian Movement, Alcatraz and Wounded Knee, César Chávez and what Chicano campaigners won.

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What did Malcolm X urge African Americans to do while he was in the Nation of Islam?

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Which two occupations drew attention to Native American grievances between 1969 and 1973?

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What had Chicano campaigners won by the early 1970s?

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  1. 1

    What did Malcolm X urge African Americans to do while he was in the Nation of Islam?

    Model answer

    Separate themselves from white society, take pride in their African heritage, and defend themselves by any means necessary.

  2. 2

    How did Malcolm X change in the last year of his life?

    Model answer

    After leaving the Nation of Islam and making the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1964 he accepted that people of all races could work together. He was shot dead at a meeting in New York in February 1965.

  3. 3

    What did Stokely Carmichael mean by Black Power in 1966?

    Model answer

    That African Americans should build their own political and economic strength and take pride in their colour, instead of waiting on white goodwill.

  4. 4

    What did the Black Panther Party, founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966, do in its own communities?

    Model answer

    It patrolled the streets armed to watch for police brutality, and ran free breakfast programmes and health clinics for the poor.

  5. 5

    What effect did Black Power have on the civil rights movement?

    Model answer

    It gave many young African Americans new pride and confidence, but it divided them from Martin Luther King’s non-violent approach and frightened white opinion.

  6. 6

    What was the American Indian Movement set up to do in 1968?

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    To defend treaty rights, resist police harassment of Native Americans in the cities, and revive pride in tribal culture.

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