Black Power Movement

After the decline of the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power [social] Movement emerged. A social movement is change sociologically organized and intended, oftentimes organized. They are continuous, include a large scale of people, organized, collective, there is action exerted, and it addresses social change (Week 15 Lecture Notes). All social movements must have a shared ideology, access to resources, social organization, collective identification, and political opportunity structure. The Black Power Movement was a mixture between a counter movement and a revolutionary movement.