History of Race Relations in the USA
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- History of Race Relations in the USA
- Martin Luther King
- Christian
- Peaceful Protest
- Wanted Integration
- Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
- Little Rock High School 1957
- Sit ins - Birmingham Alabama
- "I have a dream" speech Washington 1963
- LBJ's Civil Rights Act 1964
- LBJ's Voting Rights Act 1965
- Malcolm X
- "Black Power!"
- Nation of Islam (led by Hon Elijah Mohammed)
- Islamic
- Created the 'Black Panthers'
- Wanted a separate USA for blacks
- Supported riots against the white police
- Killed in 1965 by Nation of Islam when he returned from the Hajj
- Left a legacy of violence and hatred towards the whites - and a rejection of white society and values
- Slavery 1650-1865
- Black poverty and segregation in the South 1865-1960
- Black civil rights movement 1954-1965
- LBJ and Civil Rights legislation 1964-68 including affirmative action
- 1965-72 Black Power replaces the Civil rights campaign
- 1972-2008 Slow increase in the black middle class; large-scale underachievement in rest of African-American population
- Martin Luther King
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