How would I write a research paper on the black power movement?

The term "Black Power" was first used by African-American author Richard Wright in his 1954 book Black Power. It was also used locally in 1965 by Alabama politicians as part of the Lowndes County Freedom Organization. However, it was in 1966 that black activist Stokely Carmichael brought the expression into widespread use in the US political mainstream.

As a young man, Carmichael was committed to Dr. Martin Luther King's theory of nonviolent resistance. He joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and participated in protests in the Deep South. By May 1966, when he became chairman of SNCC, Carmichael had become disillusioned with nonviolent resistance and determined to turn the organization into a more radical direction. After the June 1966 shooting of James Meredith during a peaceful protest walk, Carmichael delivered a speech in which he said:


The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin' us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin' now is Black Power.


Carmichael further explained the term in his 1968 book Black Power: The Politics of Liberation.


It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.


The Black Power movement differed sharply from that of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in that King's goal was racial integration, whereas the goal of the Black Power movement was separation. Reactions to the movement were mixed. King felt that the term was "unfortunate because it tends to give the impression of black nationalism." The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, condemned it as a "menace to peace and prosperity." Many white Americans felt threatened by the concept of Black Power.

The Black Panther Party, originally known as the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, a political organization that challenged police brutality and engaged in a number of social outreach programs within the black community, was a part of the larger Black Power movement. Black Power also gave rise to cultural phenomena such as the Black Arts Movement and the Black Is Beautiful movement, which popularized black clothing and hairstyles.
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/black-power

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/stokely-carmichael

https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/black-panthers