The New Civil Rights Movement
The New Civil Rights Movement
The Civil rights movement made many accomplishments during its time. Throughout the 1960s-1970s, the civil rights movement shifted perspective on how to achieve their goals as well as those who had an influence on it. Civil right movement followers faced many challenges, some being from the changing character of the movement.
The civil rights movement was greatly influenced by Martin Luther King Jr. and his nonviolent methods. Although this method was very successful in the south, it did not have the same effect in the North. When, Dr. King went north, supporters noticed that the nonviolent protests did not have an affect in stopping the violent. Riots of Watts as stated in Document 1 showed that this was not the way to fix the issue. The riots in the movement paved a way for a new movement known as the Black Power movement. This movement stressed the importance of African American sticking together and protecting each other against the violence. Malcolm X’s preaching’s been a new influence that everyone began to follow (Document 2). Although they greatly respected Martin Luther King Jr., African Americans moved toward Malcolm X ‘s preaching’s. They believed that people were already somewhat familiar with this style of protest. Due to Dr. King’s methods being unsuccessful, supporters found that defending themselves against violence would help the cause more as it did. One example would be during Dr. King’s marches in Chicago when supporters had objects thrown at them (Document 2). Some supporters caught the objects and threw them back. People were not interested in peacefully negotiating, they were angry. In a way, it was all the tension that leads to the Black Power movement. A change in people caused the movement to change its perspective on fighting for rights. ]] Lastly, through all these changes, supporters faced many challenges: some being directly and indirectly towards them. Throughout the whole movement in the
The Civil rights movement made many accomplishments during its time. Throughout the 1960s-1970s, the civil rights movement shifted perspective on how to achieve their goals as well as those who had an influence on it. Civil right movement followers faced many challenges, some being from the changing character of the movement.
The civil rights movement was greatly influenced by Martin Luther King Jr. and his nonviolent methods. Although this method was very successful in the south, it did not have the same effect in the North. When, Dr. King went north, supporters noticed that the nonviolent protests did not have an affect in stopping the violent. Riots of Watts as stated in Document 1 showed that this was not the way to fix the issue. The riots in the movement paved a way for a new movement known as the Black Power movement. This movement stressed the importance of African American sticking together and protecting each other against the violence. Malcolm X’s preaching’s been a new influence that everyone began to follow (Document 2). Although they greatly respected Martin Luther King Jr., African Americans moved toward Malcolm X ‘s preaching’s. They believed that people were already somewhat familiar with this style of protest. Due to Dr. King’s methods being unsuccessful, supporters found that defending themselves against violence would help the cause more as it did. One example would be during Dr. King’s marches in Chicago when supporters had objects thrown at them (Document 2). Some supporters caught the objects and threw them back. People were not interested in peacefully negotiating, they were angry. In a way, it was all the tension that leads to the Black Power movement. A change in people caused the movement to change its perspective on fighting for rights. ]] Lastly, through all these changes, supporters faced many challenges: some being directly and indirectly towards them. Throughout the whole movement in the