Black Power

noun

variants or black power

: the mobilization of the political and economic power of Black Americans especially to compel respect for their rights and improve their condition

—often used before another noun

the Black Power movement

Black Power salutes

black power groups/organizations

Examples of Black Power in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Associated Press, in a piece announcing its adoption of the same rule, also riffed on the color-not-a-person argument, which rings to me, at its most elemental, as an erasure of the role that the Black Power and Black Pride movements played in the shaping of how the people address themselves. —Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024

Black organizers have put in work beyond the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. —Malaika Jabali, Essence, 2 Sep. 2024

In his missive, later published in the New York Review of Books, the influence of Black Power on his evolving worldview was clear. —Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2024

The men raised their fists into a Black Power salute during the U.S. national anthem. —Armani Syed, TIME, 31 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

Black Power

noun

often not capitalized B&P

: the use of the political and economic power of Black Americans especially to achieve racial fairness