AAAS 2511 Chapter : From Protest To Climax
15 Mar 2019
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This article talks about the great repression on african americans from 1968 72, goes into details about white oppression against the movement. Especially the fbi with j edgar hoover with the. Which eventually led to death of mark clark and fred hampton of the. The era shows african american trying to free themselves from oppression, however met with confrontation at each turn by government officials. If it was not delaying bills, it was a witch hunt by the fbi targeting their party or the media discrediting the organisation. Also police brutality still is a major, black people fearing the police the tension is still greatly there. There was a fear that by producing their own music, which was related to the civil right cause their agency would fire them, but the need to say their peace was too strong. This led to black women such as nina simone, aretha franklin these black voices.
