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In 1968 the US Commission on Civil Disorders described “Black Power” in the following terms: “Black Power first articulated a mood rather than a program—disillusionment and alienation from white America and independence, race pride, and self-respect, or black consciousness. Having become a household phrase, the term generated intense discussion of its real meaning, and a broad spectrum of ideologies and programmatic proposals emerged.
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Simanga, M. (2015). Black Power: The Context of CAP. In: Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People. Contemporary Black History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137080653_3
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