Civil Rights Movement Notes

Civil Rights Movement Splintering

Groups Questioning Civil Rights Efficacy

• Black Nationalists:

  • Nation of Islam:

  • Advocated respectability and discipline through formal attire.

  • Gained traction in urban black communities.

Malcolm X's Advocacy

Change After 1964

Stokely Carmichael and the Black Power Movement

War on Poverty

Culturally Shifting African American Identity

Black Panther Party

Programs of the Black Panther Party

Controversy and Huey Newton

Young Lords Organization (YLO)

Long-Term Impacts of Nationalist Organizations

Inspiration from the Black Power Movement

Political Changes Due to Participation

1972 National Black Political Convention

Transformation by Black Politicians

Role of Violence in the 1960s

1964 Harlem Events

Riots of the 1960s

President Johnson's Response

Views on Dr. King's Message

Kerner Commission

Changes in King's Message

April 4, 1968

Outcomes of the Civil Rights Movement

Divisions Created by the Movement