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Distinguish between the Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968) and The Black Power Movement (1966-1975) in the USA.

Civil Rights Movement: It was a set of movements led by Martin Luther King Jr against the racial discrimination against the African American. It was a nonviolent movement against the various laws and practices that favored racial discrimination.


The Black Power movement: It was a violent method that was gain against racial discrimination and a militant movement. The movement was to end racism from the US.


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