Black Power Movement: Quick Facts

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Facts

Location	United States
Context	American civil rights movement

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Stokely Carmichael

Malcolm X in 1965, wearing glasses and a suit, with his hand raised to his face as he speaks.

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Topics

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Key People

Malcolm X in 1965, wearing glasses and a suit, with his hand raised to his face as he speaks.

Malcolm X

American activist and Black nationalist leader

Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael

West-Indian-born civil rights activist