Civil Rights Movement

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Civil Rights Movement

• Leaders and Organizations

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King Jr.

• Accomplishments President of SCLC, won the Nobel
  Peace Prize in 1964(youngest man to win)
• Method of Protest Nonviolent such as marches
  and boycotts
• Events Montgomery Bus Boycott, Clash in
  Birmingham, March on Washington, Selma March

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Malcolm X
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Malcolm X

• Accomplishments founded the Muslim Mosque after
  leaving the Nation of Islam, gave speech The
  Ballot or the Bullet
• Method of Protest militant political leader
  (violent), spread the idea of black nationalism-
  belief in a separate identity and racial unity in
  the African American community
• Changed his views after going to Mecca and seeing
  people of all colors worshipping together
• Events1963 Malcolm lead the Unity Rally in
  Harlem, gave many speeches, and also met with
  many important political leaders such as Fidel
  Castro

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Jesse Jackson
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Jesse Jackson

• Accomplishments full time organizer of SCLC,
  founded the National Rainbow Coalition, made
  successful attempts for democratic nomination for
  president in 1984 and 1988
• Method of Protest Nonviolent like MLK, organized
  selective boycotts to encourage white businesses
  to hire black workers and buy goods from black
  contractors
• Events Selma March

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Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks

• Accomplishments refused to give up her seat on a
  bus in Montgomery Alabama which lead to the
  Montgomery Bus Boycott, called the mother of the
  Civil Rights Movement
• Method of Protest Nonviolent
• Events Montgomery Bus Boycott

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NAACP

• Founded in 1909 by W.E.B. Dubois, Ida Barnett,
  Henry Moscowitz, Oswald Villard, Mary White
  Ovington, and William English Walling
• Used Nonviolent methods protest and were
  instrumental in fighting Jim Crow laws and
  segregation
• work on behalf of all minorities to gain equal
  rights
• Assisted in many Civil Rights events such as the
  Montgomery Bus boycott and Brown vs. the Board of
  education

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Founders were Martin Luther King and Bayard
  Rustin
• Believed non-violent civil disobedience could
  gain the civil rights for African Americans
• Involved in events such as Albany Movement, the
  Birmingham, Alabama Campaign and the March on
  Washington in the Summer of 1963.

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Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC)

• Began with meetings held by Ella Baker in April
  1960
• SNCC played a leading role in the Freedom Rides,
  the 1963 March on Washington, and Mississippi
  Freedom Summer (nonviolent)
• In the later part of the 1960s, led by fiery
  leaders such as Stokely Carmichael, SNCC focused
  on Black Power (more violent)

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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• founded in Chicago in 1942 by James L. Farmer,
  Jr., George Houser and Bernice Fisher
• sought to apply the principles of nonviolence as
  a tactic against segregation
• Events Freedom Rides and March on Washington

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Black Panthers
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Black Panthers

• Founded in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton
• Wanted African Americans to lead their own
  communities, the government to rebuild ghettos,
  gave rise to the slogan Black is Beautiful
• had Violent encounters with the police, but also
  did things to help the community such as set up
  day care centers and free breakfast programs

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Assignment

• Use information the movies, your notes, and the
  textbook to
• Create a comparison chart or Venn Diagram of
  Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
• Make sure you include background information,
  their involvement in Civil Rights, their belief
  in segregation, and their methods of protest