Black Power and Radical American Movements -Legal victories of 1960s did not mean end to racial discrimination, poverty, police brutality. -Cultural imperialism that devalued the history, culture, appearance of non-white Americans. -Frustration at nonviolence and killing of black leaders. -Radical groups targeted by police, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), using illegal methods and assassinations. -Internal Colonialism. -Influence of socialist ideas.
Cultural/Mental Colonialism
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (1966)
Fred Hampton (b. 1948-1969)
Solidarity, Nationalism vs. Internationalism
-Civil Rights Movement led by black Americans, but many whites, and other minority groups, participated and were inspired. -Black activists joined with street gangs, white radicals, Asian and Latin activists, student movement, Women’s Liberation, anti-war movement. -Creating organizations that connected struggles against racism across communities and imperialism around the world.
Red Guard and Brown Berets
Anti-War, Anti-Imperialism
International Socialism -New radical groups even more multiracial and internationalist. -“Third World Solidarity,” “Tricontinentalism.” -Socialism seemed to be an ideology that connected people around the world beyond racialism and selfish nationalism. -Communist countries like Cuba and China openly supported radical movements.
Racism, Nationalism and Ignorance(Then and Now)
1963 Alabama Church Bombing
2015 South Carolina Church Shooting