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Difficulty: EasyThe Black Power Movement

During the mid-1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) experienced a major transition in its leadership and political philosophy. Under the new chairmanship of Stokely Carmichael, the organization moved away from its early focus on integration and began promoting the concept of 'Black Power.' Which of the following best describes the primary objective of this ideological transition?

  1. Building autonomous Black-led political and economic institutions to secure self-determination.Answer
  2. B
    Promoting racial animosity and advocating for the complete legal segregation of all racial groups in the United States.
  3. C
    Organizing the immediate resettlement of African Americans in sovereign nations across the African continent.
  4. D
    Adhering strictly to nonviolent civil disobedience as the exclusive means to lobby federal legislators for constitutional amendments.

Answer

Building autonomous Black-led political and economic institutions to secure self-determination.
The correct answer is correct because the Black Power movement, as embraced by SNCC in the mid-1960s, shifted away from the early integrationist approach to focus on self-reliance, community control, and the development of independent Black-run political parties (like the Lowndes County Freedom Organization) and economic systems.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the historical context of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) transition in the mid-1960s.
Identify that the movement moved from integrationist and strictly nonviolent direct-action strategies to advocating for 'Black Power' under Stokely Carmichael.
This establishes the transition being assessed by the question.
2
Identify the core goals of the Black Power concept as championed by Carmichael and SNCC.
The core goals included self-determination, self-reliance, and the creation of independent political and economic structures.
This allows for the differentiation of the correct goal from common misconceptions.
3
Select the option that matches this emphasis on institutional autonomy and self-determination.
The option proposing the building of autonomous Black-led political and economic institutions is correct.
This directly represents the central tenet of the Black Power shift in SNCC.

Key Concept

The core political goals of the Black Power Movement
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