About Regional Topic 17:
Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas post-1945
This file contains very useful summary readings for each section of this historical topic. Each of the lessons below is represented with a short chapter.
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Lesson 1 - African-American Civil Rights Movement
Lesson 1 A - Long-term and short-term causes of the Civil Rights Movement
Check out some of these articles published after the recent death of Linda Brown, the girl at the centre of the Brown vs. Board of Education case:
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/27/the-determined-black-dad-who-took-linda-brown-by-the-hand-and-stepped-into-history/?utm_term=.fadb0f049e53
- https://chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2018/03/27/in-her-own-words-remembering-linda-brown-who-was-at-the-center-of-americas-school-segregation-battles/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/linda-brown-young-girl-at-center-of-brown-v-board-segregation-case-dies-at-76/2018/03/26/2406d6d8-3138-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html?utm_term=.61304d34d188
Lesson 1 B - The end of segregation in the South
Check out the following articles on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:
- https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/martin-luther-king-america-s-naked-brazen-challenger-by-fintan-o-toole-1.3442178#.Wr-wRaHfUy0.facebook
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/03/us/mlk-assassination-anniversary.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Lesson 1 C - Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Black Power
Lesson Tasks:
- Read the following resource ("MLK and X") which is full of primary resources. Each section has questions and tasks, which you are free to incorporate as study strategies. At the very least, use the questions (comprehension and analytical) as guidance for your own note taking. The file contains the following:
- “A Summing Up: Louis Lomax Interviews Malcolm X,” November 1963
- From Malcolm X, “Message to the Grassroots,” November 10, 1963
- Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Power of Nonviolence” (June 4, 1957)
- From Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963
- Read this article that gives some interesting perspectives on MLK: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/opinion/which-martin-luther-king-are-we-celebrating-today.html
- Watch the following program (Al Jazeera) that provides great compare/contrast material between MLK and Malcolm X: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/face-to-face/2017/07/malcolm-martin-luther-king-170709072506322.htm
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