Meanings
black liberation1
alternative Black liberation
- USuncountablegovernmentThe achievement of equal rights and status for black people, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.
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Investigator Wheeler commented briefly concerning the activity of the Progressive Labor Party in circulating inflammatory literature during the Watts riot. PLP distributed posters and flyers titled: “Don’t be a sucker!” (This pamphlet asked the question: “ISN’T THIS A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT?”); “BLACK LIBERATION—NOW!” ; “THE NEED FOR REVOLUTION ” ; “WANTED FOR MURDER—Parker the Cop in Watts” (This poster was patterned after the PLP’s “Wanted for Murder—Gilligan the Cop” poster which was distributed during the Harlem riot of 1964.); and, during the Deadwyler affair, “WANTED for the MURDER of Leonard Deadwyler—‘BOVA—the COP.’”
1965, House Un-American Activities Committee, Annual Report For The Year 1965, page 63
Black liberation2
- USuncountablegovernmentAlternative letter-case form of black liberation.
Origin
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