The questions could be answered from the Textbook: African American Oddysey. Please answer the following questions: 1. According to Hine et al, how is the civil rights movement described between 1955 and 1965 during the peak of its effectiveness?
- What events were catalysts of the civil rights movement in 1955? 3. Describe the white resistance during the civil rights era, including the Albany, Georgia resistance. 4. Familiarize yourself with the MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. 5. Familiarize yourself with the “An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense” letter 6. Familiarize yourself with the “Call for Unity” letter. 7. Why was the period between 1963 and 1965 a turning point in the civil rights movement? 8. Compare and contrast the MLK strategy of protesting to that of the younger people associated with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organization. 9. Profile Rosa Parks (1913-2005) 10. Profile Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) 11. What was “Bloody Sunday”?
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