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Movement towards black separatism in the
USA during the 1960s, embodied in the
Black Panther Party founded 1966 by Huey
Newton and Bobby Seale. Its declared aim was
the establishment of a separate black state
in the USA established by a black plebiscite
under the aegis of the United Nations.
Following a National Black Political
Convention in 1972, a National Black Assembly
was established to exercise pressure on the
Democratic and Republican parties. The Black
Power concept arose when existing civil
rights organizations such as the National
Association for Advancement of Colored People
and the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference were perceived to be ineffective
in producing major change in the status of
black people. Stokely Carmichael then
advocated the exploitation of political and
economic power and abandonment of
nonviolence, with a move towards the type of
separatism first developed by the Black
Muslims. Leaders such as Martin Luther King
rejected this approach, but the Black Panther
Party (so named because the panther, though
not generally aggressive, will fight to the
death under attack) adopted it fully and, for
a time, achieved nationwide influence.