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113. How the Black Power Movement Has Carried into the Present Day


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Starting with the Black Panthers and working our way to the present, we're getting a crash course on Black American history, decade by decade.

When it comes to the Black Panthers and the Black Power movement, myths and misconceptions abound. In this episode, we set the record straight. Learn what they really stood for, what truths get distorted, and how their influence is still shaping the modern antiracism movement today.

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Sources: History, How the Black Power Movement Influenced the Civil Rights Movement; NMAAHC, The Foundations of Black Power; Britannica, War On Drugs - History & Mass Incarceration; AJC, Million Man March: A Day of Atonement; Briannica, Los Angelos Riots of 1992; What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party — but Should; The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander.
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