After Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, the Black Panthers advocated armed resistance.

Classroom | Black Power: Demanding a Brilliant Future The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Premiered November 26, 2013
Classroom | Black Power: Demanding a Brilliant Future

In the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, the Black Panthers advocate armed resistance and self-sufficiency for African Americans. This video is an excerpt from Episode Six: A More Perfect Union (1968 – 2013), the final episode of The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

This series chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent right up to today when America remains a nation deeply divided by race.

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