The civil rights movement – From counters to subs

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

7 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/09/2009

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

Black counterculture: Projects and action.
Political and ideological forefront.
1. The 'separate but equal' myth.
2. The three M's (Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr).
Expressions of Black counterculture.
1. Civil disobedience/legal change.
2. 'By any means necessary': Taking change to another level.
A stigmatized population.
1. A desperate situation despite legal progress in the 60's.
2. No credible political force is emerging.
Counterculture adopts institutionalized means of expression.
1. Through literature.
2. Through music.

Abstract

The Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery (speech by Lincoln Sept.23nd 1862  13th amendment in 1865); the 14th amendment declared everyone equal and the 15th gave the right to vote provided some very restrictive conditions were met. Between the civil War and the 50's, however, the South stayed very reluctant to apply this legislation with respect to its prime intentions... Some slaves in Texas weren't informed of their freedom until June 19th 1865 and once freed; African Americans were treated in an outrageous manner. In response to this situation, African Americans came together to change the system. In the 50's/60's, their movement was dubbed the "civil rights movement". This phrase seems to be the only one that encompasses the many different doctrines of the time. Some necessary legislation having been adopted in the 50's/ 60's, the movement has largely been incorporated in the mainstream, losing much of its force, but some residual groups haven't given up on their ambition to purify American society of racism. In order to see the steps the movement has gone through, we will proceed chronologically in our analysis of the fight for equal rights.