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Differing View Points

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DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS

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CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

  • Civil rights activists began questioning the Kings tactics
  • Kings saw non violence as achieving equality, so did the young civil rights activists

KINGS/ACTIVISTS

  • Kings believed AA should defend themselves when attacked
  • Activists called for AA to create their own prosperous communities
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PEACE

  • King believed Civil Rights Act demonstrated the effect of nonviolence
  • Kings thought non violence was a unrealistic strategy
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THEY ARGUED THAT RACIAL INTEGRATION

WAS A STEP TOWARD ACHIEVING AA FULL EQUALITY
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RISE OF BLACK POWER

  • Carmichael called for "Black Power"
  • Supporters thought AA should deal with their own problems
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RISE OF BLACK POWER

  • They also thought AA should have their own government
  • People thought AA was against whites
  • The Black Power wanted AA to focus on their own problems so they can focus on their own
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