1. National Identity (time period 8)
By both Nathan's

2. Main idea- With progress towards equality moving slowly, activists and political leaders worked to end segregation
Activist groups worked to end racial discrimination
Federal government also tried to combat racial inequality
Racist whites slowed the efforts of desegregation

3. During and after world war 2 many activist leaders with different ideas and methods worked to end racial discrimination
Martin Luther King Jr. was a main leader of the civil rights movement. He used nonviolent tactics such as protest. He gave the "I have a dream" speech in 1963 during the march on Washington. Phillip Randolph was the head of the March. This was the largest political rally ever seen in the US.
Malcolm X was a major leader in the civil rights movement. His strategy was more focused towards violence likely because of the violence he faced as a child. He urged his followers to believe in the philosophy "black power".

4. Additional examples
freedom riders (1961), Montgomery bus boycott (1955), Selma March (1965), freedom summer (1964)

5. Federal government joined the fight to end racial segregation by passing various laws in favor of racial equality
24th amendment (1964) was the right for all citizens to vote in any primary or other election
Brown vs. board of education (1954) was a court case where the Supreme Court declared that state laws separating blacks in schools was unconstitutional
Civil rights act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin

6. Additional examples
voting rights act (1965), equal employment opportunity commission (1965)

7. Racist whites slowed the efforts of desegregation causing political / social unrest and debates
In 1964 several murders occurred. The victims were civil rights workers from the freedom summer movement
Watts riot (1965) was an event where an African American motorist was unlawfully arrested
State troopers and white civilians attacked unarmed civil rights activists in an event known as Bloody Sunday during the Selma March. They used weapons such as tear gas and billy clubs (1965)

8. Additional examples
Little rock nine (1957), black panther party (1966)