“The Great Society/Challenges and Changes in the Movement"

 

What new programs were created under Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society/War on Poverty?

• Medicare

• Medicaid

What brought an end to the 1965 Watts riots?

14,000 National Guard troops were brought in to restore "order"

How did Malcolm X's beliefs change over time?

• Malcolm X initially followed the Nation of Islam but converted to Sunni Islam after making a pilgrimage to Mecca.

• Malcolm X once believed that white people were "devils" but realized that some white people were good after traveling to Mecca.

• Malcolm X initially criticized Dr. Martin Luther King Jr but, after coming back from Mecca, expressed a willingness to work with him.

• Malcolm X once believed that black people should not work with white people in the fight for equality but came to realize that some white people could be true allies

What happened during James Meredith's March Against Fear?

• MLK and SNCC continued Meredith's march after he was shot

• Meredith was shot and left for dead by white supremacists

What did the Black Panthers believe?

That black men should not be forced to serve in the Vietnam War.

How did the government destroy the Black Panther Party?

• The police killed their most promising leader, Fred Hampton, while he was sleeping

• The FBI used the COINTELPRO program to infiltrate the group and turn people against each other.