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Intoduction to My Radical Movement Project
The theme that I have chose is Radical Movements. This timline is pretty much about events that caused signifigant changes or movements throughout the Civil Rights movement. Thoughout the timeline I will sumerize about historical Radical Movements like Bus Boycotts, Riots, Marches, Political Parties, and Leaders. -
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Malcom X
Born on May 19, 1925 Malcolm X was key leader in helping african americans get their Civil Rights. At a young age Malcolm began an orphan due to the death of his father and his mother checking into a mental institute after various emotional breakdowns. Over the years he was in a life of crime and wasn’t before long he was arrested, but he would find the Nation of Islam while serving his time. Malcolm was known for his charisma and drive of attracting new followers to follow the Nation. -
Nation Of Islam
Since its founding in 1930 the Nation of Islam is one of the wealthiest and best known organizations in Black America. It was developed to help uplift African Americans by offering programs and events, it also inspired black supremacy. Malcolm X was a member of the Nation, inspiring many African Americans to join to help fight for their cause of Black Superiority. The Nation is still an active group to the present day. -
Stokley Carmichael
Born in the summer of 1941 Stokely Carmichael was a key Civil Rights Activist.. He was a Trinidadian-American political Activist known for leading the SNCC group in 60’s. He worked alongside many southern leaders to stage protests for the Civil Rights of blacks, but later on time Carmichael soon lost his faith in non-violent tactics so instead he started to promote the “Black Power” and allied with the Black Panther Party to be even more of a activist. -
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. This event would be historical and a precedent to many other Bus Boycotts. This event was made historical because it gained a lot of national attention that would gain the attention of young African American to try to do this and they wouldn’t just do it for the fun of it, they would do it to protest the changes that they wanted to be made. -
Little Rock Highschool Integration
The Desegregation of Little Rock Central High gained a lot of national attention in September of 1957. The reason for that being is because Governor Faubus had the Arkansas National Guard help prevent 9 African American students into the high school. This was soon looked over by President Eisenhower who would respond by having to send Federal Troops down to Little Rock Central High to enforce the integration. This was a major step. since it showed how the U.S. was trying to start to integrate. -
Sit-ins Greensboro, N.C.
In February 4 College students entered the F. W. store to stage a sit in at a segregated lunch counter. This would not have been the first of many sit-ins across the U.S. Sit ins, sometimes it would be very dangerous depending upon what type of crowd would have reacted to it, some would try to assault the people engaging in the sit-ins just to get them to leave. But the people who engaged in the sits ins were so devoted that they just looked past it. -
March On Washington
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement/videos/martin-luther-king-jr-leads-the-march-on-washingtonThe March on Washington is one of the most historically important events throughout Civil Rights History. It is important because it attracted over a quarter million of Americans across the U.S. to meet about Civil Rights. It was also the time when Martin Luther King gave his “I have a Dream” speech in which he called for an end to racism. This March not only brought blacks but whites as well, which shows how much this really meant to people. -
New York School Boycott
The New York School Boycott was one of the largest demonstrations of Civil Rights Movement in history. It brought hundreds of thousands of parents, students, and civil rights advocates to participate in a city wide boycott of the New York Public School System to demonstrate their support for full integration of the city’s public schools. -
Watts Riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6PVzar8jw4The Watts riots was a result of mass destruction to the urban area of CA. They were started because of all the Police brutality being done to the African American citizens. So they rebelled against the police by assaulting, vandalizing, and damaging anything. For six days this went on until Federal Troops had to come to contain the whole chaotic mess, which resulted in 40 million dollars worth of damage making it the most largest and costliest urban rebellions of the Civil Rights. -
Black Panther Pary
The Black Panther Party founded in 1966 was focused on a socialist revolution. The Black Panther party received both National and International attention through its involvement with the Black Power movement, which was a political slogan aimed at achieving self-determination for people of black descent. But the Black Panther Party were very helpful to the black communities by providing programs that helped the children. The Black Panther excelled throughout the 70's until 1982 when they broke up -
Youth International Party
Formerly known as Yippies the Youth International Party was a youth-oriented offshoot of the free speech and anti-war movement of the 60’s. They are described as being highly theatrical from nominating a pig for president in 1968 to mock the status quo, they were essentially political themed pranksters. The youth of the time also paid tribute to rock and roll music, partied, pulled a lot of pranks, started plenty of riots. Even today the Youth International Party is still around. -
Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
This strike was a result of longstanding tensions between the black sanitation workers and Memphis City officials. It started when almost 1,000 workers refused to work unless they got higher wages, safer working conditions, and recognition of their union and with Kings assassination it fueled the strike even more. So the Mayor and others felt that they needed to something quick in order to contain the chaos. Thus ending the strike April 16 with a settlement that included higher wages. -
Work Cited
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