There were two methods of protesting discrimination of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement: follow Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X. Find out about the Black Panther Party, Black Nationalism, and Black Power.

Provides an overview and basic introduction to the civil rights movement of African Americans.

Discusses the Black Power movement, including Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panthers.

Encyclopedia entry describes the Black Panther Party: its beginnings, important leaders, and role in the African American communities of the 1960s and 1970s.

Learn about Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panther Party.

Black Panthers, founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966, preached black power, black nationalism, and economic self-sufficiency.