How did black power differ from mainstream civil rights?
Black power, while not different from mainstream civil rights, took it to a whole new degree. There were never before seen numbers of movements and protesters, and the black power movements took the country by storm. There has never been another movement in America that took racial equality to the degree that black power did. Eventually, it even broke off and formed its own genre of protesting. While mainstream civil rights typically was aimed towards gaining equality among races and having everyone being treated equally, regardless of skin color, black power instilled a sense of pride in African-Americans, and created a culture. They were not simply trying to achieve equality, they were proud of their race, and wanted to show everyone else that they should be as well. The slogan "Black is Beautiful" spread around quickly too, and in arts and culture of the time, black pride shone through. Soul music embodied the beliefs of black power, and spread it as well. While mainstream civil rights was concerned with the equality of all peoples, black power instilled a sense of pride among African-Americans, and united them to a degree that mainstream civil rights could not, while having a significant and lasting impact on today's culture.
Black power, while not different from mainstream civil rights, took it to a whole new degree. There were never before seen numbers of movements and protesters, and the black power movements took the country by storm. There has never been another movement in America that took racial equality to the degree that black power did. Eventually, it even broke off and formed its own genre of protesting. While mainstream civil rights typically was aimed towards gaining equality among races and having everyone being treated equally, regardless of skin color, black power instilled a sense of pride in African-Americans, and created a culture. They were not simply trying to achieve equality, they were proud of their race, and wanted to show everyone else that they should be as well. The slogan "Black is Beautiful" spread around quickly too, and in arts and culture of the time, black pride shone through. Soul music embodied the beliefs of black power, and spread it as well. While mainstream civil rights was concerned with the equality of all peoples, black power instilled a sense of pride among African-Americans, and united them to a degree that mainstream civil rights could not, while having a significant and lasting impact on today's culture.
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