AAAD 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Black Nationalism, Church Committee, Black Panther Party
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The birth of the black power and the black panther party. June 1966 he decides to march from memphis mississippi to jackson mississippi. He was shot and ambushed by members of the kkk. When he was shot, civil rights leaders rushed to his hospital and pledged to finish the march: mlk, stokely carmichael, and willie ricks. This was the last great organization of the civil rights era. Stokely carmichael and willie ricks made black power powerful. The black panther party: edgar hoover: head of the fbi, called the black panther party the largest threat to government security, paid attention to communist threats, played psychological games with king. Manifestation of huey p. newton: louisiana (new orleans, went to oakland. In the wake of the assassination of malcom x, he and his friends began to think about ways to create a new political association.