The American Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Revolt

The American Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Revolt

In the Writing Response you will compare and contrast the American Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Revolt. What can you now infer about its main characters? Consider their stance and compare it to other Civil Rights activists from the text book readings on Zinn and the Autobiography of Malcolm X; as well as class lectures and the film(s): 1972 Malcolm X and The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975. How clear are their ideas? What strikes you as particularly important about a particular leader? What is your personal opinion of Malcolm X in comparison to other Civil Rights leaders/activists (Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis and the Black Panthers) we’ve discussed and/or viewed in class?