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Black Power is a prominent gang in New Zealand. Members are predominantly Māori and Polynesian.
It was formed as the "Black Bulls" by Rei Harris and Māori youth in Wellington about 1970, in response to the rival Mongrel Mob gang and white power associated gangs. The gang then spread to other major centres and rural towns in New Zealand.
Founder Rei Harris was very politically aware, and during the early 1980s the gang gained some credibility; with pakeha social activist Denis O'Reilly joining, former judge Bill Maung acting as their political advisor and Prime Minister Rob Muldoon meeting with them and helping them to find accommodation and form work trusts.
The gang is now heavily involved in organised crime, such as drug manufacturing and dealing. While the gang has distanced itself from violent acts of some of its members, for example, a child abuse case, police have in return accused the gang members of using violence as a 'learned behaviour from involvement in the gang'.
There were 697 members in prison in April 2013.
Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent. It is used by African Americans in the United States. It was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s, emphasizing racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions to nurture and promote black collective interests and advance black values.
"Black Power" expresses a range of political goals, from defense against racial oppression, to the establishment of social institutions and a self-sufficient economy.
Black Power is a studio album by Ralph Carney, Daved Hild and Kramer, released in 1994 by Shimmy Disc. Along with newly recorded work, the album also contains selected tracks from their previous effort Happiness Finally Came to Them.
Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent.
Black Power may also refer to:
- Black Power (album), a 1994 release by Ralph Carney, Daved Hild, and Kramer
- Black Power (New Zealand gang), a prominent gang in New Zealand
- Black Power: The Politics of Liberation, a 1967 book by Kwame Ture (then known as Stokely Carmichael) and Charles V. Hamilton
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, a 2011 documentary film by Göran Olsson about the Black Power movement in the United States
- The Black Power movement, a political movement to achieve a form of Black Power
- The Black Power Revolution, an attempt in Trinidad and Tobago to force socio-political change