Militancy

1. Definition: Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause ex. a militant political activist. A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party.

2. Protest Movement: The "New" Black Panther Party is an example of a "militant political activist" group. The shooter in Dallas, Texas who killed police officers was a member. The Party, lead by chairman Hashim Nzinga, is an African American group that was formed to fireback at police due to all the recent videos leaking of police brutality and racial killings of African Americans.

3. Passages from the text to help define/contextualize the term: "More than 250,000 leaders, members, and sympathizers, of the civil rights movement gathered in Washington, D.C. on August 28th, 1963 both to celebrate the movement's achievements and to 'Demand freedom now!'. They cheered and shouted 'We demand!' and proclaimed that 'this is a time for you act!'." (490). 

Works Cited:

Stewart, Charles J. "The Evolution of a Revolution: Stokely Carmichael and the Rhetoric of Black Power." Tactical Modifications