Part I: The Rights Movements The End of Consensus Part I: The Rights Movements

Background The Great Migration Rise of black militancy—Marcus Garvey The New Deal & the Democratic Party World War II experience Legal victories

Stages of Protest Stage 1 Goal-- end de jure segregation in South Strategy--Nonviolent protests Leaders—M.L. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Highpoints—March on Washington, 1963 Civil Rights Acts 1964 & 1965

Stages of Protest Stage 2 Goal—achieving economic equality in Northern and Western urban areas Strategy—militancy and armed resistance Leaders---Stokely Carmichael & Huey Newton & SNCC & Black Panthers Highpoint—promotion of black pride

Splintering of the Movement Urban riots Watts—1965 Newark—1967 Detroit—1967 King’s death— April 4, 1968

Legacy of Civil Rights Increasing educational levels Movement into the middle class Participation in larger culture (end of Jim Crow) Achievement in all work areas, including the presidency Model for other groups’ rights movements

Other Rights Movements The Chicano movement The Native American movement The gay/lesbian movement The women’s movement

Part II: The Vietnam Era John F. Kennedy’s presidency—the Cold War Warrior & flexible response Bay of Pigs The Berlin wall The Cuban missile crisis Vietnam policy

Lyndon Johnson’s presidency The 1964 election Vietnam—Escalation the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution & the TET Offensive Reaction on the home front TV’s role The New Left—the SDS & the Counter Culture

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