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  • Black Power is a term generally used to describe the struggle for civil rights for black people that took place between 1965 and the early 1970s. This period saw rising militancy, greater attention to politics, and a deeper commitment to the internal economic development of black communities under the overall umbrella of civil rights struggle. [Source: Encyclopedia of American Urban History; Black Power]

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