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From Kitchen to Kink

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Unit Number: 
Unit 5
Week of: 
Monday, March 8, 2021
Unit Outline: 
  • From Brown 
    • "From "Freedom Now" to "Black Power"
      • Freedom Now Phase
        • Brown V. Board of Education (1954)
        • Little Rock Ark. (1957)
        • Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
        • Martin Luther King's philosophy
        • Birmingham (1963)
        • Civil Rights Act (1963)
        • Selma (1965)
          • ​​​​​​​Voting Rights Act (1965)
    • ​​​​To Black​​​​​​​
      • Black Power Phase, circa 1965
        • Malcolm X
          • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
            • based in community organizing
        • Stokely Carmichael
          • Defines Black Power as he uses it

 

 

Why should we Study the Civil Rights Movement?

It's remarkable success

It's failure to accomplish many of its goals

A model for citizen participation from the 1960s to the present day

Freeedom Now phase of the Civil Rights Movement (roughly WW II - mid-Sixties 

Black Power phase (roughly mid-Sixties - 1970s)

 

Unit Media Content

Title Type In Unit
Brown Decision: "Oh Happy Day" Media From Kitchen to Kink
Senator Eastland Denounces Brown Media From Kitchen to Kink
Little Rock: Ike (Dwight D. Eisenhower) vs. Faubus Media From Kitchen to Kink
Montgomery Bus Boycott Media From Kitchen to Kink
Sit-Ins Media From Kitchen to Kink
Freedom Riders Media From Kitchen to Kink
Violence in Birmingham Spreads Throughout U.S. Media From Kitchen to Kink
JFK Speaks on Need for Civil Rights Bill Media From Kitchen to Kink
March on Washington Media From Kitchen to Kink
Martin Luther King "I Have A Dream" Media From Kitchen to Kink
LBJ: "We Shall Overcome" Speech to Congress Media From Kitchen to Kink
Intro to "The Hate that Hate Produced"; Malcolm X Speaks at Public Rally Media From Kitchen to Kink
Malcolm X on Economic Conditions of Blacks Media From Kitchen to Kink
Black/White Wealth Gap: Pew Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
Desegregation at the University of Virginia and its Surrounding Communities Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
Poverty Status of Families, 1960 to 2000 Document From Kitchen to Kink
Only a Pawn in Their Game Media From Kitchen to Kink
The View from Here Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
Johnson-Wallace context Document From Kitchen to Kink
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
Malcolm X Recalls Getting a "Conk" Document From Kitchen to Kink
Regional Distribution of Black Population Document From Kitchen to Kink
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Position Paper: The Basis of Black Power Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
We Shall Overcome Media From Kitchen to Kink
Race, politics and the evolving South: A black mayor, 130 years later Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
Excerpts from Ebony, May 1946 and January 1969 Document From Kitchen to Kink
Voices of Diversity at UVA Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
The Civil Rights Era Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
Johnson-Wallace conversation (audio) Media From Kitchen to Kink
October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
Percent Distribution of Income by Race, 1970 to 1998 Document From Kitchen to Kink
Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950) (USSC) Weblink From Kitchen to Kink
Median Incomes of Blacks and Whites, 1948-1970 and 1970-2000 and Median Incomes of Black and White Households, 1975-2000 Document From Kitchen to Kink