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The Black Panther Party believed that

African Americans should not fight against oppression.

African Americans were responsible for solving their own problems.

sit-ins and freedom rides were the best way to bring about change.

African Americans could gain equality through political organizations.

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Which phrase best describes Cesar Chavez?

an activist at Alcatraz Island

an organizer of the American Indian Movement

a leader of the March on Washington

a cofounder of the United Farm Workers

After Huey Newton went to jail in 1967, the Black Panther Party

encouraged the use of only nonviolent methods.

discouraged African American political organizations.

promoted the use of violence as an option.

called on African Americans to work with whites.

The occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973 was led by

Dolores Huerta.

Cesar Chavez.

Russell Means.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Which event signaled a directional change for the SNCC?

the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965

the formation of the Black Panther Party in 1966

the rise of Stokely Carmichael to leader of the SNCC in 1966

the riots in Watts in 1965

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