History GCSE
Black Power
What Black Power means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Black Power
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A movement that emerged from frustration with the slow pace of legislative change, persistent poverty in northern ghettos and anger over police brutality, focusing on black pride, economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment.
Topics that use Black Power
- Option 33: Key topic 2: Protest, progress and radicalism, 1960–75 - 3 Malcolm X and Black Power, 1963–70 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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