Etymology

black power

Today it means: A slogan and movement for self-determination for Black peoples. Full definition →

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The story

From Richard Wright's book Black Power (1954), describing his travels to the Gold Coast and the rise of Pan-Africanism. In a US context later popularized by Stokely Carmichael.

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