Notes 5/16/11

Nation of Islam and Malcolm X

• Black supremacist group
• Malcolm X - tried to use nonviolent activist of the group
• Killed by Nation of Islam
• Symbol was a black panther
• Took protests into white areas

Black Panther Party

• Originally formed in California by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton
• Introduced program for African Americans
• Eventually spread to over 25 cities

Attica Prison Riot

• Death of George Jackson - well known letters from prison
• Took over prison with leader "Big Black"

School Desegregation in Boston

• Naturally in Boston
• Complaints from the black community about inferior schools in black community
• Parents took school to court
• Court rules against schools
• White parents stopped sending their children to school
• Came to agreement w/ black person on school commitee

Bakke Case

• Double the number of black students
• White people blamed them for not getting into college
• Bakke was denied access to University in California twice
• Went against school in court

Homework 5/13/11

How can you use the events you researched to help you respond to the prompt, “To what extent did the methods and goals of the Civil Rights Movement shift significantly from the mid-1960’s onwards?”

Poor People's Campaign

• Economic equality (for the poor) in the United States
• MLK was main leader of the movement
• MLK was to use nonviolent strategies
• MLK assassinated during campaign
• Set up Resurrection City in protest of a bill not being passed
• Resurrection City was shut down shortly after

Vietnam

• Speeches insulting the president
• Relating the war in Vietnam to the poverty crisis in America
• ^MLK against war^

What changes in methods and goals did you identify?

Poor People's Campaign

• People begin to riot without set dates (Resurrection City)
• Violent outbursts began when MLK was killed
• Resurrection City was set up due to loss

Vietnam

• Peaceful confrontations - girl up to national guard
• Marches continue but more white people join in