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Article: Black Power talked revolution (but achieved reform)
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 26, 2006
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'Black power' has always been a sort of socio-political Rorschach.
We have seen in it what we have wanted to see. That is apparent from
recent headlines that show many detractors still associate the black
power movement with unfocused rage, lawlessness and urban rebellion.
As the Chicago City Council wrestles with a proposal to rename a
portion of West Monroe "Chairman Fred Hampton Way," there are
significant points that are not likely to be made. Cut through the
defiant poses and the fiery rhetoric, and you find something truly
surprising. Black power might have spoken the language of revolution,
but for the most part pursued a strategy of reform.
Yet, despite two generations of ...