Tommie Smith (centre), John Carlos

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? starter activity
Tommie Smith (centre), John Carlos Peter
Norman accepting their medals at the 1968, Mexico
Olympic Games by controversially giving the
Black Power salute
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The rise fall of Black Power in the 1960s
? LOs

• TBAT explain the origins at least 5
  characteristics of Black Power
• To assess the impact of BP

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In 1966 James Meredith set out on a solitary
march from Memphis to Mississippi to highlight
the racism that still existed in America. Watch
the film to see what happened next!
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Meredith, moments after the attack
Why were civil rights campaigners growing
increasingly frustrated by MLKs message of
passive resistance?
Aubrey James Norvell, arrested for shooting
Meredith
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• On June 16, 1966, after the shooting of James
  Meredith during the March Against Fear, Stokely
  Carmichael said "This is the twenty-seventh time
  I have been arrested and I ain't going to jail no
  more! The only way we gonna stop them white men
  from whuppin' us is to take over. What we gonna
  start sayin' now is Black Power!"

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King Carmichael walk together in the March
Against Fear (1966) to complete his Merediths
March
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? Your task

• Black Power had many features. Read p.86-9 to
  identify the key characteristics of Black Power.
  Around the image your teacher provides note down
  examples of Black Power relating to these areas
  freedom cities, healthcare, black identity,
  fashions, music, TV, film sport
• ? Choose one of the aspects of Black Power and
  make a case that it had the most significant
  impact on the civil rights movement

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? Homework

• Prepare for a timed essay question on the impact
  of Black Power.
• ? Put together a top ten list of Black Power
  music and films

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? Plenary

• Who coined the phrase why?
• 5 characteristics of Black Power
• Most significant?
• ?Why did Black Power decline?