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black power
noun, often capitalized B&P
: the use of political and economic power by African-Americans especially as part of a social movement to promote equality and racial justice in the 1960s
Full Definition of BLACK POWER
: the mobilization of the political and economic power of American blacks especially to compel respect for their rights and improve their condition
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First Known Use of BLACK POWER
1954
Rhymes with BLACK POWER
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