▁toward ▁Black ▁Power , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁these ▁two ▁organizations ▁once ▁" aw ak ened ▁the ▁country , ▁but ▁now ▁they ▁emer ge ▁isolated ▁and ▁dem oral ized , ▁shout ing ▁a ▁s log an ▁that ▁may ▁afford ▁a ▁moment ary ▁satisfaction ▁but ▁that ▁is ▁calculated ▁to ▁destroy ▁them ▁and ▁their ▁movement ." ▁ ▁The ▁Black ▁Power ▁s log an ▁was ▁also ▁critic ized ▁by ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King ▁Jr ., ▁who ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁black ▁power ▁movement ▁" con not ates ▁black ▁supre m acy ▁and ▁an ▁anti - white ▁feeling ▁that ▁does ▁not ▁or ▁should ▁not ▁prev ail ." ▁The ▁National ▁Association ▁for ▁the ▁Ad van cement ▁of ▁Col ored ▁People ▁( NA AC P ) ▁also ▁disapp ro ved ▁of ▁Black ▁Power , ▁particularly ▁Roy ▁Wil kins , ▁then ▁the ▁NA AC P ' s ▁executive ▁director , ▁who ▁stated ▁that ▁Black ▁Power ▁was ▁" a ▁reverse ▁Hitler , ▁a ▁reverse ▁Ku ▁Kl ux ▁K lan ... the ▁father ▁of ▁hate ▁and ▁mother ▁of ▁violence ." ▁The ▁Black ▁Power ▁s log an ▁was ▁also ▁met ▁with ▁opposition ▁from ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁S CLC ▁and ▁the ▁Urban ▁League . ▁ ▁Polit icians ▁in ▁high ▁office ▁also ▁spoke ▁out ▁against ▁Black ▁Power : ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁President ▁Ly nd on ▁Johnson ▁critic ized ▁extreme ists ▁on ▁both ▁sides ▁of ▁the ▁ra cial ▁divide , ▁stating ▁" we ▁are ▁not ▁interested ▁in ▁Black ▁Power , ▁and ▁we ' re ▁not ▁interested ▁in ▁white ▁power , ▁but ▁we ▁are ▁interested ▁in