Question

What is the similarities and differences between the civil rights and black power movements?

Answer 1

They both had similar goals, but different ways of achieving them. The Civil Rights movement tended toward non-violence, believing that would not alienate whites and eventually would enable it to achieve its goals. The Black Power movement was more militant and wanted action to achieve its goals sooner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955%E2%80%931968)