on independent black political power.(Microsoft Encarta Online, 1999). Organizations such as thesegave people political power and helped the economic movement.Through politics, the economic problems of education and jobscould be attended to. Politics lead to giving more black peoplecivil rights, allowing such things as a wider range of publicschool access (blacks and whites, not segregated). With blackpeople beginning to have a voice, it would be easier to get ajob when people saw you as someone who may be important to thecommunity. There would, however, still be discrimination in thework place as well as everywhere else, increased byorganizations like the Black Panthers.According to Black Power, the people must put thisdiscrimination and prejudice behind them and move on to achievetheir own hopes and goals so they may rise up above the hatred.Many of the political organizations strived in the 1960s, andthe goal of establishing a voice in the publics eye wasachieved. Economically some differences were made in education and employment, but these were not the main issues of themovement. Gaining civil rights and fighting for freedom was themain goal of Black Power. Through the use of politics, new civilliberties were instituted for black people helping to achievemany of the goals of the movement. While the movement may nothave succeeded in all aspects such as economically, andracially, it was a pivotal action during the civil rightsmovement and allowed many new civil liberties given to thepeople and a halt to many injustices suppressing black people.Black Power attempts to resolve the problems of the blackpeople by promoting to take action into their own hands andoverwrite the order of white male domination over society. Itstresses that black people cannot wait for help and must do forthemselves. These ideas were carried out with political, social,and economic standpoints. Politics carried the Black Powermovement and allowed social goals ...
