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Question 1: Freedom on my mind chapter 13
1. What conditions fostered the blossoming of the black power movement?
How did the various black power organizations and leaders help shape the black power ideology? What philosophies and attitudes did they promote?
2. Describe the various strains of black power that developed. How were these philosophies similar to and different from one another? In what ways did they all belong in the category "black power"?
3. What challenges did black activists confront in their fight for economic justice? What were their most significant victories in this struggle?
4. How did the conditions of the Vietnam War prompt civil rights activists to become more vocally antiwar?
To what different causes did various individuals and groups attribute the urban violence that erupted in the 1960s?
Question 2: Freedom on my mind Chapter 15
1. Describe the tactics of Richard Nixon and the New Right. What strategies did they pursue in their opposition to the black freedom movement and affirmative action?
2. How did Ronald Reagan build on Nixon's policies?
3. What new tactics did black activists adopt to counter the New Right? How successful were they?
4. What roles did black women play in the evolving black freedom struggle? Why were their efforts so significant?
5. How did the fight for jobs and resources affect previous political alliances?
6. Describe the many divisions that came to characterize black America in the decades following the civil rights and black power movements. In what ways did these changes undermine racial unity? In what ways did they enhance solidarity?
Question 3: Freedom on my mind: Chapter 15 Questions for analysis
1. What role has racial unity played in the black experience in America? Does journalist Courtland Milloy have reason to worry about the future of black unity?
2. Is the black diversity evident at the turn of the millennium different from that which came before? If so, will it change the way black people define their community?
3. The Combahee River Collective believed that "if Black Women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression." What was the rationale behind this statement?
4. How does Cleo Manago's speech both reflect and differ from black power rhetoric? If his vision of blackness and masculinity were realized, how would black America change?
5. What trends are uncovered by the study of black immigrants, and what are the possible political, social, and economic implications? Can inferences be drawn about the future of black unity?
6. What about hip-hop culture might be troubling to some black people, and how might the hip-hop generation's ideas about black unity and community be different from those of previous generations?