The History of the Civil Rights Movement
This
era
also saw the
rise
of Black Power,
led
in large part by Stokely Carmichael, in opposition to
like the Ku Klux Klan. This ideology was exemplified by the Black Panther Party, which followed the principles set forth by Malcolm X. Rising to prominence in the 1950s, his radical
advocated
militancy
for blacks. He remained an influential and controversial
until his
in 1965.
The
of
continued when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in April 1968, and Robert Kennedy two months later.
Despite
racial tensions continuing into the 1990s, progress has been measurable. The
of President Barack Obama in 2008 is seen by many to be a culmination of centuries of work in favor of racial equality.
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