HIST 1302 Northwest Vista Political Leaders during Civil Rights Movement Discussion Book: Constructing the American past Gorn, Chapter 13. doc. 5 & 6: Th

HIST 1302 Northwest Vista Political Leaders during Civil Rights Movement Discussion Book: Constructing the American past

Gorn, Chapter 13. doc. 5 & 6:

This section in American History concentrates on the fight for Equality! African Americans, Latino Americans, Women, LGBT, and others fought for their place in society. However, standing in the way were White Supremacists. Mostly from the South, many white Americans didn’t want change and a liberal /progressive world. The white supremacist environments in the U.S. relied on segregation to keep Minorities from being equal.

Be sure to look at the pictures and videos to help you understand the conflicts Minorities experienced. Similar to the civil unrest during WWII (discussion assignment,) ALL Minority groups were targeted by whites to keep conservative/traditional ideals.

The New Jim Crow Museum (Links to an external site.)

Republicans and Democrats were changing their ideology. Both parties had members that were paying more attention to Black voters. Yet, both parties had their white supremacists. Once the Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson endorsed and passed the bill for Civil Rights in 1964, both parties had members switch sides.

Read the documents and answer the questions. Be sure to use plenty of evidence to make 1.5 pages in length. This essay must be in MLA/APA format…

any of these political leaders care for African Americans? Do the documents present any data about the Civil Rights Bill of 1964? If you notice these political leaders are from the same party. What could these documents tell us about Democratic Party? Explain.

Segregation America: keeping the races separated. If minorities were caught trying to use the “white section”, they were beaten, arrested, sometimes killed. this was deemed illegal in 1954:

Alabama City Remembered as Climactic Battle of Civil Rights Movement (Links to an external site.)

African Americans protesting against White Supremacy:

Martin Luther King, jr. (MLK) who advocated equality through peaceful protesting.

Malcolm X called MLK an Uncle Tom (one who sides with whites), and felt African Americans should fight for their rights, with self- defense if need ne==

What made Malcolm X more fearing towards whites, was his devotion to the Muslim religion. Here he is with fellow Muslim, and friend