Despite the emergence of the NIYC and successes in the courts, there were many Nas, particularly among the young who believed that progress in obtaining rights was too slow.
- Inspired by movements such as ‘Black Power’, they adopted a more militant approach which culminated in the establishment of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968, and with it, Red Power.
- Its main aim was to tackle the discrimination that young NAs were facing.
They established groups to patrol the streets and monitor police activity, this resulted in a decline of the number of unjust arrests & imprisonments of young NAs.
- AIM is similar to the Black Panthers (formed in 1966).
Red Power was taken directly from Black Power and many of the tactics and the desires to create a mass movement and pride in their race / culture were followed from the inspiration of Malcolm X.
