Militancy Transcends Race: A Comparative Analysis of the American Indian Movement, the Black Panther Party, and the Young Lords
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Omari L. Dyson, Academic Professional Assistant Professional (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Often, when United States citizens think of “militants,” they tend to think of Blacks. This image of Black militancy is indelibly etched in the U.S. psyche as a result of, but not limited to, the public condemnations of Whites by Malcolm X, the urban rebellions of the mid- to late 1960s, the Black Panthers’ 1967 armed protest at the California statehouse, the raised, clenched fists of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City, and the militant student takeover of the administration building at Cornell University in 1969. For some, the sixties were a tumultuous yet exhilarating period in American history—an era both full of hope and excruciating pain. The decade began with the U.S. presidential election of John F. Kennedy, a Democrat, over Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. In his inauguration speech, Kennedy challenged America’s youth when he exclaimed, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Some answered the call by enlisting in the U.S. armed forces; others joined the Peace Corps; while some entered into electoral politics. Some of those who considered themselves nonconformists formed and/or joined organizations aimed at making America more democratic, pressuring the U.S. to live up to the ideals expressed in the country’s most sacrosanct documents—the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. In Kennedy’s words, the 1960s represented a new frontier, a new generation of leadership. By the end of the decade, dissident groups had sprouted up all across the country.
Militancy Transcends Race: A Comparative Analysis of the American Indian Movement, the Black Panther Party, and the Young Lords
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Black Diaspora Review, 1(2)
- Language: English
- Date: 2010
- Keywords
- American Indian Movement, Black Panther Party, Young Lords, 1960s, American History