1. The souring of the civil rights movement
The Watts Riots 1965
The souring of the civil rights movement

2. Ghetto problems
In many industrial cities in the northern states of USA, blacks lived in poverty-ridden ghettoes.
The term “ghetto” refers to a section of a city where many members of a minority group live.
Ghettoes are often breeding grounds for many kinds on major social problems.

3. High illegitimacy rate
Drug addiction
High Unemployment
High illegitimacy rate
Problems facing blacks in northern ghettoes
Crime
Poor standard of education
Low pay

5. Tasks Refer to page 65 in your text.
What other evidence is presented in this section that demonstrates problems associated with black poverty?
Why is it not surprising that black militants came from ghettoes in northern cities?
Use the “Three Cs” approach (course, causes consequences) to provide a description of the 1965 Watts riots.

6. What historical situation does this cartoon refer to
What historical situation does this cartoon refer to? Provide evidence from the cartoon to show this.
What do the words at the bottom mean?
What is the cartoonist’s attitude to the characters and what is happening in the cartoon? Show how evidence from the cartoon helps you to identify the cartoonist’s attitude.
“Los Angeles Pawn Shop”
“Law of the land”