What does it mean to reframe the civil rights movement and the black power movement through the lens and experiences of Black women?
Reframing civil rights movements means the effort made by the black American women and their supporters in trying to fight for equal rights with the white American. Civil rights movement was a peaceful demonstration movement by the black Americans and their supporters. After the reformation of the civil rights movement, Black Americans, especially women, were able to move freely across the nation, and racial discrimination was banned. The civil rights movement emerged because the white Americans mistreated black Americans in jobs, accommodation, and public facilities; for example, African Americans were segregated in transport facilities. The most trending issue was rape cases by black Americans by white Americans. The black American women experienced rape from their employers and police officers. “African American women frequently retaliated by testifying about their brutal experiences” (Daniele, 2004). Four white American men had raped one of the students, and it is at this point when the first case of which American men w jailed for a rape case.
Black power movement was a movement carried out by the black Americans and their supporters that used violent means to demonstrate their grievance. “Accelerating media coverage, student-led protests, and a threat to boycott classes at Florida.”(Daniele; 2004) The aim of the movement was to gain equality in economic issues and to reduce police brutality on black Americans. They were fighting to be treated the same as white Americans. After the reformation of the black power movement, the black American attained solidarity in their race and acquired a positive identity of themselves. African American women played a vital role in the black power movement by fighting against the ideology of sex of the male.
References
Daniele L. McGuire. “Sexual Violence, Community Mobilization, and the African American Freedom Struggle.” The Journal of American History (2004)