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What is the difference between the Civil Rights movement and the Black Power movement in the USA?

The difference between Civil Rights movement and Black Power movement in the USA are as follows:Civil Rights Movement in the USA (1954-1968) refers to a set of events and reform movement aimed at abolishing legal racial discrimination against African-Americans. This was led by Martin Luther King Jr. This movement practiced non-violent methods of civil disobedience against racially discriminatory laws and practices.

The Black Power movement emerged in 1966 and lasted till 1975, which was a more militant anti-racist movement, advocating even violence if necessary to end racism in the US. It was a political and social movement whose advocates believed in racial pride, self-sufficiency, and equality for all people of Black and African descent.


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