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African American History Since the Civil War

African American History Since the Civil War. dr. Liz Bryant. The black power movement…. Black Power Movement vs. the Civil Rights Movement. Was not afraid to use violence, or the threat of violence, to achieve their goals Did not feel the need to assimilate into white society

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African American History Since the Civil War

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  1. African American History Since the Civil War dr. Liz Bryant

  2. The black power movement…

  3. Black Power Movement vs. the Civil Rights Movement • Was not afraid to use violence, or the threat of violence, to achieve their goals • Did not feel the need to assimilate into white society • Believed blacks needed to be in charge of black communities • Goal: equality between the races • Goal: Integration • Method: non-violent resistance

  4. Why Did the Black Power Movement Emerge??? • Frustration at the slow progress of the Civil Rights Movement

  5. Why Did the Black Power Movement Emerge??? • Mounting frustrations after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

  6. Leaders of the Black Power Movement…

  7. W.E.B. Du Bois

  8. W.E.B. Du Bois • Changes his mentality

  9. Du Bois and His Changing Ideas towards Race in America • Worked with the NAACP for integration and equality • Supported the Pan-African Movement • Began to support the idea of black nationalism in America

  10. Du Bois and His Changing Ideas towards Race in America • During World War II, Du Bois decided he would spend the rest of his life fighting imperialism • Believed white oppressors were trying to take over any non-white peoples (blacks, Asians, etc.)

  11. Du Bois and His Changing Ideas towards Race in America • 1943- Du Bois rejoins the NAACP • Becomes Director of Special Research

  12. Du Bois and His Changing Ideas towards Race in America • Du Bois attends the United Nations organizational meeting as one of 3 delegates from the NAACP • Wants: • End to colonialism • Endorsement of racial equality

  13. Du Bois and His Changing Ideas towards Race in America • Throughout the 1950s, Du Bois petitions the UN multiple times concerning the discrimination against African Americans

  14. 1951- We Charge Genocide

  15. Du Bois and the NAACP • 1948- Du Bois and the NAACP end their relationship (again) • Du Bois- supports aspects of communism • Makes the NAACP a target • They do not want to become a liability because of him

  16. Du Bois • Becomes more radicalized following his departure from the NAACP • Council on African Affairs • Supports a Marxist economic philosophy • Makes him a target of investigation by the US government

  17. Du Bois

  18. Du Bois • 1951- Indicted under the Foreign Agents Registration Act • Case ultimately dismissed • Du Bois denied a passport by the US government until 1958

  19. Ghana

  20. Ghana

  21. Kwame Nkrumah

  22. Du Bois and Nkrumah

  23. Du Bois and Nkrumah

  24. Du Bois • Moves to Ghana • Renounces US citizenship • Dies there in 1963

  25. Malcolm X

  26. Malcolm X • Born Malcolm Little • Father- preacher; killed by white supremacists • Mother- committed to an institution

  27. Malcolm X • Moves to Boston to lives with his sister • Gets into a life of crime • Jailed

  28. Malcolm X

  29. Malcolm X

  30. Malcolm X

  31. Malcolm X

  32. Malcolm X

  33. Nation of Islam • Founded 1930 • Chicago • Philosophy is influenced by Marcus Garvey and the UNIA • Wanted to uplift African-Americans

  34. Beliefs of the Nation of Islam • Promoted black superiority • Believed whites were a genetic mutation • Referred to whites as “devils” • DID NOT want integration • Wanted intermarriage to be illegal

  35. Nation of Islam • Very localized during the 1930s and 40s

  36. Elijah Muhammad

  37. Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad

  38. Growth of the Nation of Islam • Blacks see white America’s reaction to the civil rights movement • Makes it easier to accept the belief that whites are “devils”

  39. Muhammad Ali

  40. Nation of Islam vs. the Civil Rights Movement • Promoted the idea of “self-defense” • Membership was primarily in the North

  41. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam

  42. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam • Splits with the organization in 1964

  43. Louis Farrakhan

  44. Louis Farrakhan

  45. Ultimate Goals of the Nation of Islam • It does a lot for the black community. • Promotes: • Education • Economic self-sufficiency • Outreach programs for prison inmates • Security for housing projects

  46. Issues with the Nation of Islam • Racist ideology • Anti-Semitism

  47. Nation of Islam (Modern-Day)

  48. Stokely Carmichael

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