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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE 1960’S

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE 1960’S. 1960. WOOLWORTH’S WAS A VERY POPULAR PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SHOP AND EAT. THEY WERE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE SUPER WALMART STORES WE HAVE NOW. WOOLWORTHS. IN THE 60’S HOWEVER, SEGREGATION WAS THE LAW .

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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE 1960’S

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  1. AFRICANAMERICANS IN THE 1960’S

  2. 1960 • WOOLWORTH’S WAS A VERY POPULAR PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SHOP AND EAT. • THEY WERE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE SUPER WALMART STORES WE HAVE NOW.

  3. WOOLWORTHS IN THE 60’S HOWEVER, SEGREGATION WAS THE LAW. AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE NOT PERMITTED TO SIT AT THE COUNTERS AND BE SERVED.

  4. GREENSBORO FOUR IN FEBRUARY, FOUR FRESHMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA A&T DECIDED TO CHALLENGE THE LAW.

  5. GREENSBORO FOUR Joseph McNeil Franklin McCain Ezell Blair David Richmond (aka Jibreel Khazan)

  6. GREENSBORO FOUR TOOK A STAND – WHILE SITTING DOWN. GET IT ?????

  7. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

  8. AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE BEGINNING TO SEE THAT PROTESTING, BOYCOTTING, AND MARCHING COULD HELP THEM GAIN EQUAL RIGHTS.

  9. HOWEVER… EVEN WHEN THEY PERFORMED PEACEFUL PROTESTS, BLACKS WERE MET WITH EXTREME VIOLENCE FROM WHITES; INCLUDING THE POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE KKK.

  10. IT TOOK STRONG CONVINCING FROM SOMEONE WITH GREAT ORATORICAL SKILLS AND PERSUASIVE SPEECH TO ASK PEOPLE NOT TO REACT TO CONSTANT PHYSICAL ABUSE.

  11. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR. KING WAS A PHENOMENAL SPEAKER WHO MIXED GREAT ORATORICAL SKILL AND THE BIBLE TO PERSUADE OTHERS TO BE NON-VIOLENT IN THE FACE OF VIOLENCE.

  12. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOW LONG…NOT LONG. YOUTUBE

  13. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT COULD YOU BE CONVINCED TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO BE VIOLENT TOWARDS YOU AND YOU DO NOTHING IN RETURN? WOULD YOU HAVE JOINED “THE MOVEMENT?”

  14. MALCOLM X & THE NATION OF ISLAM SOME DID NOT SUPPORT THE IDEALS OF DR. KING AND INSTEAD FOLLOWED MALCOLM X.

  15. ELIJAH MUHAMMAD

  16. MALCOLM X • RESPECT AND PROTECT OUR WOMEN. • DO FOR SELF ( BLACK NATIONALISM ) • OBEY AND LOVE GOD & REJECT THE DEVIL ( ISLAM ) • HONOR YOUR PAST (ANCESTORS)

  17. MALCOLM X WE HAVE SLAVE NAMES-YOUTUBE INTRO TO MOVIE “X” (W/DENZEL WASHINGTON)

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