Finally, the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement helped to advance democracy within the society. Based on the secondary source “Race Relations in the United States, 1960-1980,” successes of the black population energized and inspired other ethnic minorities as never before. In the 1970s, there were movements in the Indian American, Latino, Asian American, and LGBT communities. Similarly to African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement, these new movements emerged as a result of being on the margins of the U.S. political, economic, and cultural life. These minorities realized that through forming a group consciousness, it was possible to air their grievances in a more powerful way. In order to reach their aims, the minority groups used the rhetoric, tactics, and forms that had been earlier used by the African American movement. For instance, on February 7, 1973, Indians from the American Indian Movement decided to occupy the town of Wounded Knee, and they held it for 71 days. At the time, that was the third most documented event after the Vietnam War and Watergate.
From sit-ins to boycotts to marches, the activists involved in the Civil Rights Movement were vigilant and dedicated to the cause without being aggressive.
History of Civil Rights Movement from slavery to death of Dr.
The Civil Rights Movement in Tampa Bay may have had characteristics similar to other areas of the South but its stories are its own. This exhibition will illuminate our region’s struggle with racial equality and shine a light on the local leaders who changed our cities.
Essays on grassroots civil rights activism in the post-WWII period.
University Press of Mississippi, 2001, Essays on how 9 different Mississippi editors and their newspapers from "moderate" to segregationist covered the civil rights movement in their state from to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Story of the Civil Rights Movement in rural Wilcox County, Alabama.
A personal memoir by Molly Lynn Watt on race in America against the backdrop of racial turbulence of 1963 and the Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee told in a book of poems.
History of the Civil Rights Movement both South and North.
In-depth look at the civil rights movement goes to the places where pioneers of the movement marched, sat-in at lunch counters, gathered in churches; where they spoke, taught, and organized; where they were arrested, where they lost their lives, and where they triumphed.
activism, including the civil rights and black power movements.
History of the civil rights movement in Louisiana with emphasis on the variety, depth, and durability of black protest beyond the action-oriented, youth-dominated 1960s, and particularly role of NAACP.
Personal memoir of a major figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
The first revisionist state history textbook ever published, and the first Southern state history to give a full account of all races, including of course the Civil Rights Movement.