Black Muslims, Black Panthers and NOW Notes (DOC and PDF)

Notes correspond with the PowerPoint presentation on the Black Muslims, the Black Panthers and the National Organization for Women (NOW).

 Topics Covered:

-          Black Muslims

-          Back Panthers

-          Discrimination

-          Urban riots (Watts section of Los Angeles; Newark, NJ; Detroit, MI)

-          Affirmative action

-          Glass ceiling

-          National Organization for Women (NOW)

-          Women’s rights movement

-          Equal Pay Act of 1963

-          Civil Right s Act of 1964

 Key Terms and People:

-          Malcolm X

-          Martin Luther King, Jr.

-          Huey Newton

-          Bobby Seale

-          James Earl Ray

-          Mayor Carl B. Stokes of Cleveland, OH

-          Mayor Kenneth Gibson of Newark, NJ

-          Mayor Maynard Jackson of Atlanta, GA

-          Mayor Coleman A. Young of Detroit, MI

-          Thurgood Marshall

-          President Barack Obama

-          Betty Friedan

-          President Lyndon B. Johnson