How similar and different are the issues faced by and tactics used by proponents of the Black Power Movement

Question

How similar and different are the issues faced by and tactics used by proponents of the Black Power Movement of the late-1960s from those faced by and used by proponents of the modern day #BlackLivesMatter movement? And, what do the similarities and differences in public responses to those movements during their respective eras reveal about racial progress in America?

Answer 1

Hi Trinity,

I can provide a resource to you that may help. Published in 2020, this thesis may be able to help you.

Here is the permalink:

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1587123845884206

The thesis was written in 2020 and looks at the perceptions of both the Black Power movement and the Black Lives Matter movement. If for some reason the link doesn't work, the author's name is Isaiah Deonte Hicks.

Best of luck to you,

Troy