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Malcolm X

Malcolm X. “ Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. ”. The Changing Movement. By the 1960s racial injustice was no longer limited to the south. By 1966? 69% of Black Americans were living in metropolitan areas

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Malcolm X

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  1. Malcolm X “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.”

  2. The Changing Movement By the 1960s racial injustice was no longer limited to the south. By 1966? 69% of Black Americans were living in metropolitan areas 45% were living outside of the south OK. So what is wrong? American society is improving. Poor urban communities were not. More than 50% of nonwhites lived in poverty. Black unemployment was 2x that of whites.

  3. The Changing Movement The battle against racism was moving out of the south.

  4. The Changing Movement The battle against racism was moving out of the south. How?

  5. The Changing Movement De Jure Segregation & De Facto Segregation De Jure Segregation by law Example? Jim Crow Laws De Facto Segregation in practice Example? Residential living patterns

  6. Mid-West & North De Facto Segregation De Jure Segregation South The Two Different Black Americas

  7. The Changing Movement How does one end de facto segregation?

  8. The Changing Movement Is it unconstitutional to be racist or have racist beliefs?

  9. The Changing Movement De jure segregation can be ended. De facto segregation is a choice. Urban areas were becoming tense due to lack of opportunity. Riots broke out in: Harlem Chicago Cleveland Los Angeles Number of riots in the summer of 1967? 43

  10. The Changing Movement What is affirmative action? Is that reverse racism?

  11. The Watts Riots in Los Angeles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6PVzar8jw4

  12. The Changing Movement Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders Task? Find out what caused these riots. Outcome? White racism & the formation of two different American cultures: Inner-City Blacks & Suburban Whites

  13. From Integration to Racial Distinction Black Power Malcolm X

  14. Black Power “If you are nonviolent, if you suffer, then your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart...[King] only made one fallacious assumption. In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.” Stokely Carmichael Founder of “Black Power” Stokely Carmichael

  15. The Changing Movement Black Power Movement Suggested a move away from interracial cooperation and toward increased awareness of racial distinction. Black Power Encouraged: Study of black history Pride in black heritage Stimulate black literary & artistic movements Rejection of white cultural practices Most Importantly? Schism forms within the Civil Rights Movement

  16. Civil Rights Organizations Non-Aggressive Radical/Militant NAACP The Urban League SCLC SNCC CORE SNCC CORE

  17. Malcolm X Malcolm X & The Nation of Islam

  18. Malcolm X Malcolm X Mini-Bio "...and after America has long passed from the scene, there will still be Black people.” Black Separation "The Powder Keg” A Letter From Mecca The Audubon Ballroom

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