Topics: Black Power Movement, Muhammad Ali, Angela Davis, James Brown, Sidney Poitier, and Flip Wilson. (Bonus Artists: hidingtobefound & Luck Pacheco)

1970

1. Snapshots
2. MLK birthday celebrated in many states
3. Toni Morrison's 1st novel, "The Bluest Eye"
4. Black Enterprise and Essence start
5. Jimi Hendricks dies
6. Cheryl Adrienne Brown (Miss Iowa) 1st black to compete in Miss America

1. Social/Political Key Development:

Part 1: Black Power Movement

1. The Black Power Movement focused on racial pride, self-sufficiency, and equality for all people of Black and African descent.
2. It was led by a generation of black activists who had participated the Civil Rights movement.
3. By the mid-1960s, a split developed among tho ...