New Civil Rights Issues
The reactions Whites had after Black protests affected the way Blacks handled their protests and how they defended themselves and others.
Whites assassinated Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Fred Hampton, Harry and Harriette Moore and Medgar Evers. These people helped blacks become equal with the rest of America. Whites also started the Ku Klux Klan and killed many innocent black men, women and children.
“Them niggers got all kinds of machine guns out there.”...and that word got out, and so from then on we never had no more problems when we'd go out there [with] nobody coming by shooting no more. So that broke that up." -Bruce
“Them niggers got all kinds of machine guns out there.”...and that word got out, and so from then on we never had no more problems when we'd go out there [with] nobody coming by shooting no more. So that broke that up." -Bruce
Social
Through all of the religions that come together through these protests, Christianity was the most popular. Martin Luther King was a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. He believed in non-violent ways of protesting. The influence that religion had on the decisions of how the protests were handled was significant. With Dr. King as a leader of some of the protests, it benefited how the Whites treated the Blacks after the protests.
Political
If Lyndon B. Johnson wasn't the president during the time of the civil rights movement, the outcome of this incredible time in history wouldn’t be the same. With President Johnson being a democrat, he respected Dr. King and thought he had great ideas and accepted these ideas. President Johnson was very helpful during this time. He also believed that non-violent ways to protest was going to be more successful. He also helped some people treat Blacks with respect and not to hate all Blacks. President Johnson helped with the civil rights movement and how he handled the situation helped other Whites to know how to handle these situations also.
Economical
With 41.8% of the Black population living in poverty in 1966, it was very hard to get the money, food, clothing and shelter to support families, and to be recognized by White employers. Blacks were not given the same educational equality as the White men and women. Blacks that were given the rare chance of an education were still not able to succeed after college or major degrees in a White workforce. If the rare chance of a Black college graduate to make it in with White workforce, they were not given the same economical equality as White workers. When un-educated, poor, un-clothed Blacks protest for equal rights, it looked like a big joke to the White community.
Historical Connections
U.S. as a World Power
As the U.S. began to become the most powerful country in the world, the power started to get into the governments head. When Blacks stared to protest, their focus was on other things like war and debt. With this negation, the blacks started protesting more and more, and then they even changed the ways that they did. Riots started breaking out and people started to kill these Blacks and they killed some Whites. From this point, the Whites were very quick to turn into a violent and killing force against the Black protesters.
Progressive Era
Between the 1890s and the 1920s, the United States was experiencing rapid growth. Immigrants from eastern and southern Europe arrived in droves. Cites were overcrowded and those living in poverty suffered greatly. Politicians in large cities controlled their power through various political machines. Companies were creating monopolies and controlling many of the nation’s finances. Yet one issue was consistently ignored: African-Americans were faced with consistent racism in the form of segregation in public spaces, lynchings, disenfranchisement from the political process, and no access to quality healthcare, education and housing. How the protests started and how they ended are two different things, but this is the beginning of these protests ideas and the way they planned to take action.
World War I
Black people contested the boundaries of American democracy, demanded their rights as American citizens, and asserted their very humanity in ways both subtle and dramatic. Recognizing the affect of World War I on Blacks is essential to developing a full understanding of modern African-American history and the struggle for black equality. This is to show how long it took for Blacks to finally get an chance on equality, just a small chance.
Roaring 20's
Jim Crow Laws were passed in the southern states, which prevented Black Americans from mixing with whites ('segregation'), denied them equality of education and civil rights, and prevented them from voting. The Ku Klux Klan wanted to keep WASPs supremacy, which had 5 million members by 1925. Many supporters were poor whites, who did not want Black Americans to be their equals, they also had fears that Blacks would take their jobs, but many were racist wealthy White Americans.
Great Depression and New Deal
When the United States Government fell into a deep depression, African-Americans responded in a number of ways. Those who wanted a chance for survival moved into northern and western states. They tried to get those homesteads like everyone else. Although they escaped formal segregation in the South, they often encountered other forms of racial discrimination elsewhere. When your just trying to survive and move to the west, the last thing you want is more racism.
Current Connections
There are current connections to this theme, just look at the whole Hispanic community. They are trying to earn their rights and they want to gain that equality that us Whites have set the standard. Now look at the Jackson Hole Community with Whites, Blacks And Hispanics all trying to live together. The White parents want there kids to be in this new dual immersion. They have a couple Hispanic friend they say hi to when they see them and know a few words in spanish. But before you go to bed tonight, think about these. Who do you invite to dinners? What group of friends do you surround yourself with. Are they all the same or different race as you? this is the point with current problems.
Bibliography
Primary Sources
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Dirksen, Everett. "Civil Rights Act of 1964." U.S. History in Context. 0-1. U.S. History in Context. Web. 10 June 2014. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/PrimarySourcesDetailsPage/PrimarySourcesDetailsWindow?failOver&query=&prodId=UHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=PrimarySources&limiter=&u=wylrc_tetonsd1&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=UHIC%3AWHIC&action=e&catId=&activity&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX2560000127>.
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Secondary Sources
Appleby, Joyce Oldham, et al. Glencoe the American Vision: Modern Times. New York: McGraw, 2008. Print.
"Malcolm X." ABC Clio: Ancient World History. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2014. <http://issues.abc-clio.com/Search/Results?q=malcom%20x&webSiteCode=SLN_ISS&returnToPage=%2fSearch%2fResults%3fq%3dmalcom+x&setcustomercontext=15626&token=5AFC3C16E9DEF1B45401EC611BFCA919&casError=False>.
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Images
Branch, Taylor. "Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Gilder Lehrman Institute, 2014. Web. 6 June 2014. <http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/civil-rights-movement/essays/civil-rights-movement>.
Brigsby, Dale. "Malcolm X." News One. Interactive One, 2014. Web. 10 June 2014. <http://newsone.com/2885219/ps-201-flushing-queens-malcolm-x/>.
Moore, Charles. "Martin Luther King Jr. Addressing a Meeting of the Montgomery Improvement Association." Stevan Kasher Gallery. Steven Kasher, 2014. Web. 5 June 2014. <http://www.stevenkasher.com/artist/Charles_Moore/works/1190/#!932>.
- - -. "Policemen Use Police Dogs during Civil Rights Demonstrations." Stevan Kasher Gallery. Steven Kasher, 2014. Web. 5 June 2014. <http://www.stevenkasher.com/artist/Charles_Moore/works/1190/#!1190>.
Altbach, Phillip G. "Black Power' and the US Civil Rights Movement." Economic and Political Weekly os 1.6 (1966): 233-34. Print.
Dirksen, Everett. "Civil Rights Act of 1964." U.S. History in Context. 0-1. U.S. History in Context. Web. 10 June 2014. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/PrimarySourcesDetailsPage/PrimarySourcesDetailsWindow?failOver&query=&prodId=UHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=PrimarySources&limiter=&u=wylrc_tetonsd1&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=UHIC%3AWHIC&action=e&catId=&activity&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX2560000127>.
King, Martin Luther. "Lincoln Memmorial Speech." Washington DC. Washington DC, Civil Rights Movement. 28 Aug. 1963. U.S. History in Context. U.S. History in Context, 28 Aug. 1963. Web. 10 June 2014. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/PrimarySourcesDetailsPage/PrimarySourcesDetailsWindow?failOver&query=&prodId=UHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=PrimarySources&limiter=&u=wylrc_tetonsd1&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=UHIC%3AWHIC&action=e&catId=&activity&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ2125050045>.
Secondary Sources
Appleby, Joyce Oldham, et al. Glencoe the American Vision: Modern Times. New York: McGraw, 2008. Print.
"Malcolm X." ABC Clio: Ancient World History. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2014. <http://issues.abc-clio.com/Search/Results?q=malcom%20x&webSiteCode=SLN_ISS&returnToPage=%2fSearch%2fResults%3fq%3dmalcom+x&setcustomercontext=15626&token=5AFC3C16E9DEF1B45401EC611BFCA919&casError=False>.
Morris, Aldon D. "A Retrospective on the Civil Rights Movement: Political and Intellectual Landmarks." Annual Review of Sociology os 25.7 (1999): 517-39. Print.
Nebraska Daily. U.S. History in Context. Web. 23 May 2014. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/PrimarySourcesDetailsPage/PrimarySourcesDetailsWindow?failOver&query=&prodId=UHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=PrimarySources&limiter=&u=wylrc_tetonsd1&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=UHIC%3AWHIC&action=e&catId=&activity&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3409001559>.
Images
Branch, Taylor. "Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Gilder Lehrman Institute, 2014. Web. 6 June 2014. <http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/civil-rights-movement/essays/civil-rights-movement>.
Brigsby, Dale. "Malcolm X." News One. Interactive One, 2014. Web. 10 June 2014. <http://newsone.com/2885219/ps-201-flushing-queens-malcolm-x/>.
Moore, Charles. "Martin Luther King Jr. Addressing a Meeting of the Montgomery Improvement Association." Stevan Kasher Gallery. Steven Kasher, 2014. Web. 5 June 2014. <http://www.stevenkasher.com/artist/Charles_Moore/works/1190/#!932>.
- - -. "Policemen Use Police Dogs during Civil Rights Demonstrations." Stevan Kasher Gallery. Steven Kasher, 2014. Web. 5 June 2014. <http://www.stevenkasher.com/artist/Charles_Moore/works/1190/#!1190>.