African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement: origins, tactics and organizations; the US Supreme court and legal challenges to segregation in education; ending of the segregation in the South (1955‑65)
Role of Dr Martin Luther King in the Civil Rights Movement; the rise of radical African American activism (1965‑8): Black Panthers; Black Muslims; Black Power and Malcolm X
3. Revision of Cuba and civil rights
Guiding questions:
How significant was the role of key individuals in achieving progress in Civil Rights?
What factors affected progress in the realm of Civil Rights?
Civil rights and social movements in the Americas after 1945
1. Revision of Presidential policy and Civil Rights2. Civil Rights Movements
We shall be learning the following specified content from this section:
- African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement: origins, tactics and organizations; the US Supreme court and legal challenges to segregation in education; ending of the segregation in the South (1955‑65)
- Role of Dr Martin Luther King in the Civil Rights Movement; the rise of radical African American activism (1965‑8): Black Panthers; Black Muslims; Black Power and Malcolm X
3. Revision of Cuba and civil rightsGuiding questions:
How significant was the role of key individuals in achieving progress in Civil Rights?
What factors affected progress in the realm of Civil Rights?