Black Power
noun
variants
or black power
: the mobilization of the political and economic power of Black Americans especially to compel respect for their rights and improve their condition
—often used before another noun
the Black Power movement
Black Power salutes
black power groups/organizations
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The walls were blank; administrators had recently removed art work depicting eight female activists, including Angela Davis, the Marxist prison abolitionist, and Grace Lee Boggs, the Asian American Black Power activist.
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Jones himself had joked about the casting of a Black actor as the Black Power Ranger, according to footage from the documentary.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Walter Emanuel Jones is proud to be the original Black Power Ranger, regardless of what the show’s former writer thinks.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
However, the blaxploitation films in question progressively included civil rights and Black Power movement storylines (along too with plots of pimps and drug dealers), and became box office hits.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Jones himself had joked about the casting of a Black actor as the Black Power Ranger, according to footage from the documentary.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Walter Emanuel Jones is proud to be the original Black Power Ranger, regardless of what the show’s former writer thinks.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
However, the blaxploitation films in question progressively included civil rights and Black Power movement storylines (along too with plots of pimps and drug dealers), and became box office hits.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Black Power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Black%20Power. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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