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black power movement  

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  • Black Power signified both a departure from, and a continuation of, the ongoing civil rights movement. Prominent during the late 1960s and 1970s, Black Power promoted an activist-oriented strategy to challenge racial oppression and exploitation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Black Power Movement]

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