Some ways that Martin Luther King reacted to the Black Power movement:
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The Civil Rights Movement led to the increased prominence of the Black Power movement. Black Power is generally used to mean autonomous authority for black organizations, as opposed to general equality among races.
He thought that leaving out white civil rights activists was a mistake.
Many African-Americans turned to the Black Power Movement because they had become disenchanted with the mainstream Civil Rights Movement. They were looking for an outspoken and reactive alternative to the more passive and non-violent predecessor.
Other groups affected by racism developed similar movements. (: Apex!
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Black Power v. Non-Violence The Black Power Movement was different for the beliefs of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. because the Black Power Movement was spearheaded by groups like the Black Panthers and Malcolm X which had an ideology that leaned toward Black Nationalism and equality by "any means necessary." They demanded justice by force if necessary whereas Dr. King's ideologies work within the system and had a totally nonviolence doctrine.
One of the most important factors that led to the development of a black power movement in the mid 1960's, was the speech "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr. The African-Americans in the United States were being segregated and not given the same opportunities as Caucasians. It was time for a change.
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The Protestant Reformation was "started" by Martin Luther. The movement started because of corruption in the Roman Catholic Church that used indulgences- the paying for forgiveness of sins and simony- the buying of catholic positions. Luther ignited the movement by nailing the Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences in 1517, which deeply criticized the church and the pope in some of their practices. Nailing this is widely seen as the catalyst for the whole movement, which has caused many students to think of Luther when they hear the word reformation.
They both worked for Civil rights but in different ways. Malcolm X was part of a group called Nation of Islam which was part of the Black Power who in turn were considered, by many white people, to be extremist, militant and dangerous to America. Martin Luther King was the acceptable face of the civil rights movement, a christian minister, and he supported non violent action and campaigns like the march on Washington in the fifties as well as the bus boycott and boycotting of department stores in the South which operated segregation in their rest rooms and restaurants. Unlike the Black Power Movement, Martin Luther King was widely supported by Liberal thinking white Americans.
T. Edmund has written: 'Martin Luther King and the black Americans' protest movement in the U.S.A' -- subject(s): African Americans, Baptists, Biography, Black power, Civil rights, Clergy, History, Politics and government
Black people are a substantial element of our society. They have developed some economic and political power. The people who run the country want them to be happy. Some of them fell guilty about how blacks were treated in the past. Martin Luther King was a leader in the black movement and was assassinated by a white man. Honoring him is a symbol for honoring all black people. Also, everybody likes a day off.
The amount of power they had and the ways in which they abused it. (Talking about the Martin Luther from several centuries ago, right?)