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SCHOOLS. A GRASS - ROOTS MOVEMENT EMERGED TO CHALLENGE DISCRIMINATION ELSEWHERE. B Y 1965, NONVIOLENT MEANS HAD MURDERED J IM C ROW. Y ET, THE 60 S WERE NOTHING IF NOT A VIOLENT DECADE, MARRED BY WAR, RIOTS, AND ASSASSINATIONS. B Y THE END OF THE DECADE, A MERICANS WERE AS DIVIDED IN SOME WAYS AS THEY HAD EVER BEEN, AND HOPES FOR INTEGRATION INTO A SINGLE A MERICAN NATION LARGELY GAVE WAY TO AN EMPHASIS ON THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS WITHIN THE NATION. C HART THE PROGRESS OF THE C IVIL R IGHTS M OVEMENT FROM 1954 TO I DENTIFYING SPECIFIC EVENTS FROM THAT PERIOD, EXPLAIN WHY THE MOVEMENT SUCCEEDED SO WELL DURING THIS PERIOD WHEN SIMILAR STRUGGLES HAD GAINED SO LITTLE IN PREVIOUS DECADES. C OMPARE AND CONTRAST THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO GAINING CIVIL RIGHTS ADOPTED BY DIFFERENT LEADERS IN THIS PERIOD, THOSE OF M ARTIN L UTHER K ING AND M ALCOLM X, FOR INSTANCE. F INALLY, EXPLAIN WHY THE C IVIL R IGHTS M OVEMENT SPLINTERED AT THE END OF THE DECADE BY DISCUSSING AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, DRAWING FROM THE PRIMARY SOURCES BELOW : A. N ATIVE A MERICANS B. W OMEN C. T HE B LACK P OWER MOVEMENT D. C HICANOS E. S TUDENTS S UMMARIZE YOUR RESPONSE BY CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS : A. W HAT PRECISELY DID THE C IVIL R IGHT M OVEMENT GAIN ? B. W HAT OBJECTIVES DID IT FAIL TO ACHIEVE ? C. W HY DID SO MANY NEW MOVEMENTS EMERGE BY THE END OF THE 1960 S ? D. W AS THE NATION MORE OR LESS DIVIDED IN 1970 THAN IT HAD BEEN IN 1950? W HEN WRITING YOUR RESPONSE, DRAW FROM MATERIAL IN THE FOLLOWING VIDEO : A. L ET FREEDOM RING : M OMENTS FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, A LSO IN YOUR RESPONSE, DRAW FROM AT LEAST TWO OF THE DOCUMENTS LISTED BELOW :