Explain the major changes made to the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s.

KEY TERMS OPENING ACTIVITY:

Black Nationalism Stokely Carmichael

and Black Power Black Panther Party Shirley Chisholm Thurgood Marshall Afrocentrism Roots Civil Rights Act of 1968

In most of the nonviolent protests, what factor pushed the federal government to respond to racial discrimination?

Study Test June 3 (Tuesday)

THE END OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Describe the circumstances the led to the rise of the black power

movement and the end of the civil rights movement.

Race Riots in the late 1960s

By the 1960s, 70% of African Americans lived in cities, often concentrated in ghettos, due to poverty.

In 1965, a race riot started in Watts Lasted 6 days, 34 dead, 900 injured, 4,000

arrested Riots spread to other cities

A government investigation, the Kerner Commission, concluded the riots were caused by inequality and unfulfilled expectations

Directions:

Read pg. 594-595 (just the top of 595) You are reading to learn about why people

abandoned Dr. King’s approach and what ideas did Malcolm X promote that became popular.

Read pg. 595 “SNCC Stands Up for Black Power” You are reading to learn about what was

“black power” and how did it change SNCC.

Read pg. 595-596, “Black Panthers Work for Self-Determination” You are reading to learn what the goals of the

Black Panther Party was and why it failed. Read pg. 596-597, “Black Power at the

Polls Brings Political Gains” You are reading to learn about what major

political positions that African Americans earned in the 1960s.

Read pg. 597, “Black Pride: The Growth of Afrocentrism” You are reading to learn about the cultural

changes that occurred due to the rise of black power.

Read pg. 598, “The Federal Gov’t Confronts Racism” and “Banning Racial Discrimination in Housing” You are reading to learn about the end of the

Civil Rights movement with Dr. King’s last protests.