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BLACK POWER [1 record]

Record 1 1994-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
DEF

The political and economic power of black Americans as a group, esp. such power used for achieving racial equality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
CONT

C'est en 1966 que Stokely Carmichael, président du SNICK «Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee», diffuse l'expression de Black Power ou pouvoir noir. [...] Toute la communauté noire est alors incitée à lutter pour sa propre promotion, la coopération véritable entre les races ne s'avérant possible que dans l'égalité.

Spanish

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