How Far Is It Accurate to Say That the Growth of Black Power Was the Most Important Factor in Weakening the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's

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How far is it accurate to say that the growth of Black Power was the most important factor in weakening the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's? Alex Cameron I do not agree with the claim that the growth of Black Power was the most important factor in weakening the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960's. Whilst the growth of Black Power is a factor to take into consideration. This did indeed lead to divisions within the Civil Right groups and how exactly those groups wanted to approach their ideas, the factor has a smaller effect in comparison to other factors such as the the deaths of the Civil Rights Group leaders Martin Luther King and Malcom X , the loss of presidential support, the failed protests in North America and the attention shift from the Civil Rights Movement to the Vietnam War, in which some seem to be the most important factor for weakening the Civil Rights Movement. The rise of Black Power has led to some important members from different Civil Rights Groups to abandon their goals of integration and leaving their groups which supported that aim, ultimately leaving them at a disadvantage and weakening them as well as the Civil Rights Movement. An example of this case scenario would be Stokely Charmichael, who was leader of the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). Following the racial violence that occurred after Martin Luther King's assassination, Carmichael summed up his feelings behind the violence ;'Black people have to survive, and the only way they will survive is by getting a gun. Not long afterwards, Charmichael left the SNCC and became appointed prime minister of the Black Panthers during the 1970's as Black Power seemed more appealing to him and suited to his radical position on many issues surrounding Civil Rights. Shortly afterwards, the SNCC was abandoned. The rapid growth of Black Power and the loss of the SNCC
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