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Frustration Explodes Into Violence

Frustration Explodes Into Violence. Chapter 14, Section 3. Racial Violence. Watts riots in Los Angeles Detroit 43 people die Kerner Commission Long term discrimination cause of violence… duh Federal programs for ghettos. Malcolm X . Malcolm Little Nation of Islam

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Frustration Explodes Into Violence

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  1. Frustration Explodes Into Violence Chapter 14, Section 3

  2. Racial Violence • Watts riots in Los Angeles • Detroit 43 people die • Kerner Commission • Long term discrimination cause of violence… duh • Federal programs for ghettos

  3. Malcolm X • Malcolm Little • Nation of Islam • No drugs, alcohol and separation of the races • Trip to Mecca • Limited acceptance of whites • Assassinated by Nation of Islam in 1965

  4. Malcolm X • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a3hT8f6Kkk

  5. Malcolm X • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63OHMLf9wUc

  6. MLK v. Malcolm X • Malcolm X Debate

  7. Black Power • Coined by Stokely Carmichael • “Use economic and political muscle to gain power” • Black Panthers • Young and militant • Newton and Seale

  8. MLK’s Final Days • “Poor People’s Campaign” • Assassinated in Memphis 1968 • James Earl Ray • Robert Kennedy addresses crowd • “with an effort to understand with compassion and love” • Riots break out anyway • Advances… • Bussing and Affirmative Action

  9. MLK Controversy • MLK Conspiracy

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