In the post Cold War world few articles have influenced how Western and especially American policymakers view the world more than Samuel P. Huntington's 1993 article, The Clash of Civilizations.
Published in the influential Foreign Affairs journal the article suggested the world was returning to a civilization dominated world where future conflicts would originate from clashes between 'civilizations'............
The Philosophies and Strategies of the Non-Violence and Black Power Movements
Black power in many ways signified everything
non-violence was not, racial hatred, violence and extreme self-reliance.
However the two approaches did have many similarities in their long-term
objectives. Both demanded complete equality not jus in theory but in practice.
Where they differed most was in the methods used to achieve this goal
and the time they were prepared to wait for progress to be made.............
Why Non-Violence Waned and Black Power Gained Popularity after 1965
Non-violence was the dominant form of black protest between
the end of world war two and 1965. After the apparent moderate success
of the strategy in 1965 it began to lose widespread support to the more
militant black power approach. After this date it became increasingly
obvious to blacks that continued advancement was dependent on a black
show of force...........
