![]() ![]() Early in this century, Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey urged American Black people to reject the dream of integration and to return to Africa. Nearly every wave of immigrants to this country has at least initially tried to maintain the integrity of its native culture. Separatism, the determination of a particular group of people to resist assimilating to the majority culture, has a long history in the United States. The emergence of the Black Power movement marked a shift in the public perception of the U.S. ![]() His use of the term “Black Power” after James Meredith’s March Against Fear in 1966 popularized the idea. Stokely Carmichael, first with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and then with the Black Panthers, was among the first to articulate the difference between the Black Power and Civil Rights Movements. ![]()
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