Chapter 26 Section 3 - The Civil Rights Movement Continues
Chapter 26 Section 3 - The Civil Rights Movement Continues
Chapter 26 Section 3 - The Civil Rights Movement Continues
Section 3: The
Civil Rights
Movement
Continues
By: Sydney,
Angelique, Justin, CJ
A Change is Gonna
Come
Sam Cooke
1964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4
Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever
since
Then I go to my brother
It's been a long, a long time coming
knockin' me
Back down on my knees
Song Meaning
This song was written as a protest to support the civil rights movement
as black Americans fought for equality. It was also inspired by an
incident where Cooke and his friends were arrested for disturbing the
peace after they were denied rooms at a motel because of their color.
The line "I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling
me don't hang around" was boldly speaking about segregation.
Vocabulary
Civil Disobedience- the peaceful refusal to obey
unjust laws
Vocabulary
Ghettos- poor run down neighborhoods
1. The Civil Rights did little to help those living
in the ghettos.
2. Many African Americans were living in
ghettos and that created violence and
destruction.
Vocabulary
Stokely Carmichael- he developed along with
others a new approach called black power
1. Stokely Carmichael argued that African
Americans should fight back if attacked.
2. He urged African Americans to achieve
economic independence by starting and
supporting their own business and take pride
in their own heritage.
Vocabulary
Malcolm X- a leader in the Civil Rights
Movement
1. Malcolm X called for African Americans to
break away from white society.
2. A leader and spokesman for the Nation of
Islam and epitomized the Black Power
Objectives
1. Explore Martin Luther king's use in nonviolent protest to gain equal rights.
King's belief in nonviolent protest was rooted in christian teaching. Like his
grandfather, he was a baptist minister.
2. Find out how new federal legislation helped protest civil rights
Americans pressured their representative on the congress to take actions
Objectives cont.
3. Understand why the civil rights movement broke up into several groups.
Some groups wanted to be nonviolent and some of the other groups wanted to start
a riot.
4. Analyze the achievement and failures of the civil rights movement
One of the biggest achievements was black people have rights all because of Martin
Luther King. Also Martin Luther Gog shot.
Timeline
1957
King joined with other african american church leader to found the southern
christian leadership conference.
1960
Under king's leadership the sclc would be in the forefront of many civil rights protest
Timeline cont.
1962
A federal court ordered the University Of Mississippi to admit James Meredith an
african american student.
1963
Early in 1963,the sclc launched massive demonstrations to discrimination in
birmingham Alabama
August 28,1963
The march on washington took place, 250,000 citizens americans to support civil
rights
Essential Question
How did the Civil Rights Movement change the nation?
A Movement Splinters
Some African Americans began to get impatient with the pace of the new civil rights
movement & turned to militant leaders.
1. Black Power Movement
.Some also got angry with Kings nonviolent approach & Stokely Carmichael
argued that African Americans should fight back if attacked.
.Carmichael & others came with a new approach, called black power. This
urged African Americans to achieve economic independence.
.This called on African Americans to take pride in their heritage.
King is Killed
1968, King had traveled the country in efforts to build support for a Poor
Peoples Campaign to attack economic inequality.
As he was a part of a gathering in Memphis, Tennessee, he told this statement
on April 3rd : Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white separate and unequal.
The next day, King was shot to death. A white segregationist was later tried and
convicted of crime. Riots broke out in cities despite the pleas of President
Johnson. With Kings death, the civil rights movement era came to an end.
Sources
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/stokely-carmichael
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