How Far Is It Accurate To Say That The Black Power Movement Achieved Nothing For Black Americans?

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becoming the leader of the Black Panthers and having a large influence on the advancement of the Nation of Islam, not to mention his inspirational views of black empowerment which led to a real change in the way Black people saw themselves and spurred them on to fight for their rights.

Malcolm X worked as an effective alternative figure to Martin Luther King as he appealed to black americans from working class backgrounds and younger black men in the northern cities who wanted to escape gambling and drugs which, for them, seemed their only choices to escape poverty.

Malcolm X was also appealing to black ex-convicts, being one himself. He was inspirational to them as he showed that any black person could make something of themselves through hardwork and self discipline. In fact, 90% of the members of New York's Temple Number Seven had crimminal records. It is also significant that practically none of these members re-offended after joining. Malcolm X's slogan; "clean ...

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blacks so much, it did offer practical help to black people living in ghettos as well as ensuring that the problems remained on the political agenda.

Activist groups such as the SNCC also gained support because of the stress they placed on self defence and committment to adressing the economic problems of ghettos.

Malcolm X also introduced the idea of embracing native heritage to African Americans by rejecting his "slave" name, Little. He replaced this with the "X" to show that his true, African name was lost. The Black Panthers were founded in 1966, and by this time all adult blacks could vote but the organisation felt this was not enough and that the only way America could be a ...

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