“The Black Power movement—or what we referred to at the time as the Black liberation movement...was a response to what were perceived as limitations of the civil rights movement: we not only needed to claim legal rights within the existing society but also to demand substantive rights—in jobs, housing, health care, education, et cetera.” Civil Rights MovementAntiracismBlack Liberation MovementBlack Freedom Movement Book:Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Source: Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
“When Black women stand up— as they did during the Montgomery Bus Boycott—as they did during the Black liberation era, earth-shaking changes occur.” Black WomenCivil Rights MovementAntiracismBlack Panther PartyBlack Feminism Book:Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Source: Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement