HIST 2112 1ST Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture I. Movement in the Legal SystemII. 1955, Emmett TillIII. Rosa ParksIV. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.V. 1956, Massive ResistanceVI. 1957, Little Rock, Arkansas School IntegrationVII. 1957, SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)VIII. Change in StrategyIX. 1960, New OrleansX. 1961, AtlantaXI. 1961, UGA IntegrationXII. 1962, James MeredithXIII. 1963, George C. WallaceXIV. Bull ConnorXV. More ControversyXVI. 1963, March on WashingtonXVII. 1964, Freedom SummerOutline of Current Lecture XVIII. Two Major Accomplishments of the Civil Rights MovementXIX. 1965, Watts, later Detroit, Newark, etc.XX. 1966, Stokely CarmichaelXXI. 1968, MLK assassinatedXXII. 1948, DixiecratsCurrent LectureBacklash from Civil Rights Movement Two Major Accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement:- Civil Rights Act of 1964 Like Civil Rights Act of 1866 However, it reached into the workplaceThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. One of the opponents of the act (a southern Democrat)thought that he would kill the bill that by adding that it would forbade discrimination by race and sex in the workplace However, Congress still passed it Bill did not focus on voter discrimination though Lyndon B. Johnson gets act passed Terrible scenes from Birmingham helped get the Act passed- March 1965, Selma, Alabama Jim Clarke thought “beating” away black voters would work The scene was broadcasted and 25,000 Americans went to Alabama to march from Selma to Montgomery Event leads to Voting Rights Acts of 1965o Administrators went to oversee votingo Dramatic increase in black voterso Places still could evade the Act if they showed “no denial on the basis of discrimination” 1965, Watts, later Detroit, Newark, etc.:- Within a few days of Voting Rights Act passage, major cities have huge outbreaks of violence in inner city ghettos- Major northern cities have the largest race imbalance- Triggers outrage among white Americans who supported Civil Rights Act- Further fueled by several black Leaders who reject MLK’s beliefs of nonviolence Shift towards more separatists philosophy Malcolm Xo Makes it clear that blacks and whites are enemieso He is a black Muslim and a striking role modelo The most articulate spokesman for black powero Originally, the chief disciple of Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X broke away from him and founded his own organization committed to establishing relations between African Americans and the nonwhite peoples of the world o Near the end of his life, he began to preach a biracial message of social changeo In 1964, he was assassinated by members of a rival group of black Muslims 1966, Stokely Carmichael:- Movement has morphed into a black only organization, in the fear of “whites cannot be trusted”- Beginning of “Black Power” A more militant form of protest for civil rights that originated in urbancommunities, where nonviolent tactics were less effective than in the South. Black power encouraged African Americans to take pride in their racial heritage and forced black leaders and organizations to focus attention on the plight of poor inner-city blacks. 1968, MLK assassinated:- MLK was concerned with the economic welfare of blacks- He was rejected by leaders like Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael- “White Backlash” Majority of white Americans intended black and whit relations to be equalized; however, their support seems to now be rejected and creates an atmosphere of a divided culture about more things than just race (Vietnam, poverty, etc.) 1948, Dixiecrats:- Deep South delegates who walked out of the 1948 Democratic National Convention in protest of the party’s support for civil rights legislation and later formed theStates’ Rights (Dixiecrat) party, which nominated Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for president- Carried four southern states in 1948 election (however, they were listed as the only democratic option for those states)- Goldwater Revolution
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