THE 2 ND RECONSTRUCTION America’s Civil Rights Movement

Bellringer Why is the Civil Rights Movement sometimes referred to as “The Second Reconstruction”?

A Time for Justice Make notes on the following topics (TO BE TURNED IN):  Emmett Till  Bus Boycott  Little Rock  Lunch-counter Sit-ins  Freedom Rides  “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”  16 th St. Baptist Church  Mississippi Freedom Summer  Selma to Montgomery  Voting Rights of 1965 Create a 1-2 slide presentation on your assigned topic(s) (1-2 slides per topic) Include:  Important people/groups (SCLC, SNCC)  Date(s)  Description  Notable facts  Impact/Significance (why is it important)  Pictures to me on due date and be prepared to present on the next class period

Project topics Emmett Till Montgomery Bus Boycott Little Rock Nine Greensboro Sit-in Movement Freedom Rides Birmingham Campaign (Project C/Project X/Children’s Crusade) March on Washington 16 th St. Baptist Church bombing Mississippi Freedom Summer Selma to Montgomery March

Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, KS (1954) Ruled that “Separate but Equal inherently unequal” Desegregration should take place with “all deliberate speed”  Meaning?? Reaction –  Southern Manifesto – Strom Thurmond  Conservative Citizens Councils  Ku Klux Klan

1965 and beyond Nation of Islam  Elijah Muhammad and Malcom X Black Panther Party  Huey Newton and Bobby Seale Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Assassination – Memphis, TN: 1968 Rioting in Watts, CA

Vietnam  French Indochina: 1880s – WWII  Vietminh: Nationalistic  Ho Chi Minh fights against French  Japanese possession during WWII  Vietminh fights against Japan  Returned to French post- WWII  Vietminh fight against French  Win at Dien Bien Phu in 1954  U.S. steps in  Vietnam divided along 17 th parallel  North – Ho Chi Minh (Communist supported by China/Sovietys)  South – Numerous dictators supported by the U.S.

Vietnam  : U.S. sends advisors  South Vietnam run by Ngo Dinh Diem  Buddhist  Assassinated in 1963  Gulf of Tonkin Incident – 1964  U.S.S. Maddox  Escalation of war for U.S.  U.S. soldiers and South Vietnamese Army vs. North Vietnamese Army and Vietcong/NLF(South Vietnamese people who supported Ho Chi Minh)  War becomes very unpopular in war

Vietnam and the Credibility Gap  Operation Rollin Thunder  Tet Offensive – Jan  My Lai Massacre – 1969  Kent State Massacre – May 1970  Pentagon Papers

The Vietnam Conflict  Ceasefire in 1972  Saigon attacked in 1975  Withdrawal  Ho Chi Minh City  Legacy  Boat People  Vietnam Complex

Voice of Vietnam  Soldiers/Military  Bui Tin  Westmoreland  McNamara  JFK, LBJ, Nixon  John Kerry  Anti-War  Tom Hayden  Jane Fonda  Bob Dylan  Muhammad Ali  Martin Luther King, Jr.  Eugene McCarthy