Parents grew up in the 1950s and 1960s. The riot that took place at my aunt's high school was in 1970, at the height of black power.
Clemenza, my comment was addressed to Gigantor where Gigantor said: "we were in the middle of the civil rights movement" in 1970.
The civil rights movement began long before 1970.
"Black power" was an expression credited to Stokely Carmichael.
In 1964, Stokely Carmichael founded the The Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCDO) in Alabama, which was later changed to the Black Panther Party.
Stokely Carmichael gave a speech entitled "Black Power" in 1966. Carmichael later coauthored with Charles Hamilton "Black Power" in 1967. Stokely Carmichael was then accused of black racism by some members of the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. (SCLC)
Carmichael also adopted the expression "Black is Beautiful."
In 1970 Stokely Carmichael was enjoying his new home in Guinea, West Africa after having renounced his US citizenship.
Another Black Panther, Bobby Seale was on his way to prison in 1968 for four years on a charge of inciting riots. While Seale was in prison he was next charged with murdering a fellow inmate. Seale was eventually acquitted of the murder charge.
After release from prison in 1966, Eldridge Cleaver joined the Black Panther Party. He was arrested on a murder charge in 1968, fled the country to Mexico and ended up in Cuba and later Algeria.
Eldridge Cleaver and Huey Newton had some disagreements while Cleaver was abroad which resulted in Newton expelling Cleaver from the Black Panther Party. Cleaver did not return to the USA until 1975.
Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 by members of the Black Muslims. Malcolm X's autobiography was published in 1965.
H. Rap Brown was active in the civil rights movement during his college years at Southern University, 1960-1964.
Brown joined the Black Panther party in 1968. Brown was arrested and imprisoned many times from 1967-1970. Eventually H. Rap Brown was sent away to prison in 1970 after being shot during an armed robbery. H. Rap Brown was paroled in 1976.