How did the tactics, goals, and/or strategies of the
Civil Rights movement shift over the course of the early 1960s?
what obstacles did these civil rights organizations confront? How
did Martin Luther King Jr and others defend the policy of direct
nonviolent confrontation and action?
300 words
Identify and discuss the major people and events associated with
the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Be sure to
support your generalizations with specific examples.
How did the civil rights movement force the hands of Presidents
Eisenhower and Kennedy? What impelled them to move to protect
demonstrators even whey disagreed with the movement's tactics or
goals?
Why was voting one of the pivotal issues of the civil rights
movement?
What tactics did civil rights activists employ to get their voices
heard? How successful were civil rights activists in achieving
their goals?
What obstacles did activists encounter? Why was there an open
resistance to the expansion of civil rights for African
Americans?
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your respinse please use these key terms
- Civil Rights Act (1964)
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Freedom Rides
- freedom schools
Cite the major events in the civil rights movement, from the
1950s through the 1960s. What were the events about? What did they
accomplish? Who were some of the major leaders in the movement? Why
did the movement transform from one of non-violence to
violence?
1. When and where did the modern Civil Rights movement get
started? What was the Rosa Parks incident, and what was the
outcome? What role did Dr. Martin Luther King play? What was the
Civil Rights Act of 1964?
2. When and where did Africans first arrive in today’s America?
What was the status of Africans in the first about 4 decades of
their arrivals? Were they permanent slaves?
3. How do African Americans experience discrimination in the
criminal justice...
To what extent did shifts in the Civil Rights movement during
the 1960s influence other social movements in that decade? In your
response, provide specific examples from at least three distinct
social movements emerging in this era.