black power

Noun capitalized: Black Power

Black Power (uncountable)

1. A slogan and movement for self-determination for Black peoples.
   • Meanwhile, Black Power groups such as SNCC and the Black Panthers were voicing support for the Arabs against Israel. This sometimes looked like a mere matter of black nationalism; after all, Egypt was a part of Africa, and black nationalist literature sometimes seemed to identify the Arabs as...1970 June 8, Tom Wolfe, “Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's”, in New York Magazine
2. A slogan or movement of separatism for Black communities in predominantly non-Black countries.
   • I dey talk of Black power, I say (Water, him no get enemy!)1975, Fela Kuti, “Water No Get Enemy”, in Expensive Shit
   • “Black Power” quickly became the controversial slogan for a movement that was largely perceived as rejecting the civil rights movement's nonviolent tactics and goals of integration in favor of a new ethos of black identity, self-defense and separatism.2006 June 19, Peniel E. Joseph, “Black Power's Quiet Side”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
3. A slogan used to support Black supremacy.