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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A movement among African Americans originating in the 1960s and emphasizing racial pride and social equality through the creation of black political and cultural institutions.
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What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.
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The core declaration of Black Liberation Theology in Dr James Cone's quoted book is: What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of Black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.
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What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.
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What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.
The Religious Wright 2008
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What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.
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What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.
"An aide to John McCain was suspended from the campaign today for blasting out an inflammatory video...." Ann Althouse 2008
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What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of Black People to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.
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Mr. Naipaul [NYR, September 3] uses his gifts of satire and irony, much praised by the metropolitan critics, to ridicule socalled Black Power manifestations in the Caribbean.
No Joke Jones, A.D.H. 1970
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