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Eth125 Appendix C

This document provides information about leaders and legislation of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. It includes a table to fill in with leaders, their associated organizations or causes, and contributions. Some leaders listed include Martin Luther King Jr., who led the civil rights movement, and Malcolm X, who advocated for African American rights through the Nation of Islam. It also asks for a 100-200 word response on the role of civil disobedience in the Civil Rights Movement. Civil disobedience helped give a louder voice to African Americans and showed support for civil rights, putting faces to the movement that were broadcast nationwide.

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Eth125 Appendix C

This document provides information about leaders and legislation of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. It includes a table to fill in with leaders, their associated organizations or causes, and contributions. Some leaders listed include Martin Luther King Jr., who led the civil rights movement, and Malcolm X, who advocated for African American rights through the Nation of Islam. It also asks for a 100-200 word response on the role of civil disobedience in the Civil Rights Movement. Civil disobedience helped give a louder voice to African Americans and showed support for civil rights, putting faces to the movement that were broadcast nationwide.

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Axia College Material

Appendix C
Leaders and Legislation of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
Identify leaders of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements and their contributions to their respective causes. How did
these social pioneers forge the way for this important ratification? hat legislation was relevant during these critical
times?
Part I
Complete the following matri! by identifying " to #$ leaders or legislative events from both the Civil Rights and Black
Power movements. %he first leader is provided as a model.
Leader and
Associated
Legislation, if
any
ate!s" #rgani$ation and%or Ca&se Contri'&tion
A( Philip
Randolph
)*+)
,Brotherhood of -leeping Car
Porters, which fo&ght
iscrimination
.is threat to march on
/ashington to protest
discriminatory treatment
ca&sed former President
0ranklin ( Roosevelt to react
with new policies on 1o'
discrimination(
r( Martin
L&ther 2ing,
)*345s Civil rights movement Led the civil rights movement
6ames
Meredith
)*33 #ne man march for civil rights /as shot and wo&nded d&ring
his march which raised
awareness(
.&ey
7ewton
)*33
0o&nded the Black Panther
Party
Represented &r'an Blacks in a
political climate
that the Panthers felt was
&nresponsive(
Rosa Parks )*88 Civil diso'edience
Responsi'le for '&s 'oycott
Ralph avid
A'ernathy
)*345s
American Civil Rights
Movement,
r( A'ernathy took &p the
leadership of the -CLC Poor
People9s Campaign and led the
March on /ashington, (C
Medgar /iley
:vers )*845s
;
)*345s
African American civil rights
activist
.e 'ecame Mississippi5s first
field secretary for the 7AACP(
:vers9 life, trials and m&rder
inspired many protests ;
raised awareness(
Malcolm < )*345s 7ation of Islam, M&slim
Mos=&e, Inc(, #rgani$ation of
Afro>American ?nity
A co&rageo&s advocate for the
rights of African Americans, a
man who indicted white
America in the harshest terms
&%H #'(
for its crimes against 'lack
Americans
orothy
Cotton
)*345s
A leader of the )*34s African>
American Civil Rights
Movement and a mem'er of the
inner>circle of one of its main
organi$ations, the -o&thern
Christian Leadership
Conference !-CLC"((
As the -CLC9s :d&cational
irector, she was arg&a'ly the
highest ranked female mem'er
of the organi$ation
Part II
#nce yo& complete the matrix, &se the space 'elow to write a @8> to )44>word response descri'ing the role civil
diso'edience played in the Civil Rights Movement(
Civil disobedience helped to give the population of )frican )mericans in this country a louder voice. Civil disobedience
helped to show the powers that be in ashington that civil rights did matter and matter very much indeed. ith the
addition of white protestors* civil disobedience gained an even louder voice and showed that the civil rights movement had
even wider support than previously thought or acknowledged. Civil +isobedience also put a face on the movement as well
as lending a voice. %hat face was picked up by news cameras and broadcast throughout the country.
&%H #'(

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