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Problems in the North Bought house in white neighborhood Racism and discrimination Low paying jobs & high unemployment 1. Last hired, first fired Segregated neighborhoods & housing discrimination Poverty Bought house in white neighborhood
Urban Riots during the Long, Hot Summers Major riots in Detroit and Watts (L.A.) Complaints about police brutality Complaints about discrimination/racism video Detroit
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New Ideas in Civil Rights: The Black Panthers Wanted a revolution in U.S. Wanted to arm themselves & force whites to grant them rights Wanted African American control of institutions in their neighborhoods (schools, hospitals, police) video
New Ideas in Civil Rights: Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam Preached black nationalism: African Americans should separate themselves from whites and form their own self-governing communities After pilgrimage to Mecca, Malcolm X decided integration was possible 1. Leaves Nation of Islam Malcolm X was assassinated by members of Nation of Islam for leaving group in 1965 youtube video
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated Visiting Memphis to support strike by African American sanitation workers April 4, 1968 Assassin was James Earl Ray Led to urban riots across the country Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1968: 1. Ending discrimination in housing sales and rentals video
Medgar Evers Assassinated Evers was a civil rights activist in Mississippi and WWII veteran After Brown v. Board of Education, Evers challenged segregation of public universities when he applied to the University of Mississippi’s School of Law. He was rejected because of his race. Evers became Secretary of Mississippi’s NAACP, helping to organize boycotts and investigate crimes like the lynching of Emmett Till Evers was assassinated by a KKK member in front of his house in 1963 VIDEO