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Why did the Black Civil Rights Movement become more militant in the 1960’s? Describe the role of one important person who was militant or one important organization, which was militant in the late 1960’s. In the decade of 1954 to 1964, groups that sought non-violent solutions to the discrimination against blacks led the civil rights movement. By the second half of the 1960’s, a growing militancy emerged amongst new groups, who believed there had been too little …

…number of Panthers dead. The non-violent wing of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States of America continued to seek change throughout the 1960’s, but by the end of the decade more militant groups were emerging demanding swifter and more radical change. Membership of the more militant groups was never as great as their non-violent counter parts; however, their tactics grabbed the media’s attention and brought even greater focus on discrimination in the