Download - Strategies and Organizations of the CRM
Strategies and Organizations of
the CRMEssential Question: What are the different protesting
strategies of the CRM?
NAACPO National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People
O Formed in 1909
O Use court system to fight racism
O Brown v. BOE
COREO Congress of Racial
Equality
O Founded in 1942
O Nonviolent protesting
O Organized the Freedom Rides
O Helped set up March on Washington
SCLCO Southern Christian Leadership Conference
O Formed in 1957
O Nonviolent Protests
O Organized Montgomery Bus Boycott, Birmingham Protest, March on Washington
SNCCO Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee
O Formed in 1960
O Nonviolent protest– Black Power in later 60s
O Helped organize the March on Washington, Freedom Summer
VEPO Voter Education
Project
O Set up by SNCC, NAACP, SCLC, CORE
O Aimed at voter registration and not protesting
MFDPO Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party
O Created in 1964
O Created to compete with all white Democratic Party
O Politically Driven
Several SNCC leaders urged African Americans to use their black power to gain equality.
The Black Panthers was a militant group organized to protect blacks from police abuse.
• became the symbol of young militant African Americans.
• created antipoverty programs.
• protested attempts to restrict their right to bear arms.
The Black Panthers
Black MuslimsO Nation of Islam
was biggest organization
O Founded in 1930
O Promoted Black Nationalism, self-reliance, self-dependence
Martin Luther King Jr.O Leader of SCLC
O “I Have a Dream”
O Led protests in Birmingham and Selma
O NonviolentO Assassinated on April
4, 1968
Malcolm XO One of the leaders
of Nation of Islam
O Initially promoted separation of whites and blacks as well as violence at times
O Left Nation of Islam and changed views
O Assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965
Rosa Parks
O Part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
O Mother of Civil Rights Movement
O Died in 2005
Thurgood MarshallO Led NAACP in the
Brown v. BOE case
O Became first African American to serve on the Supreme Court
O Died in 1993
Stokely CarmichaelO Leader of SNCC
O Promoter of Black Power
O Participated in Freedom Rides and other city protests
O Died in 1998
Fannie Lou HamerO Part of SNCC and
later Head of MFDP
O Gave speech at the National Democratic Convention
O Died in 1977
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale
O Co-Founders of Black Panthers
O Inspired by Malcolm X
O Advocated violence if needed
O Newton was killed in 1989, Seale is still alive
Black PowerO Black self-
determination
O Some advocated force, others advocated black nationalism and organization
O Wanted African Americans to take control of their futures
Strategies of the CRM
ONonviolence (sit-ins, marches, boycotts)
OLegal Action (court cases)OBlack Power (use violence, fight
back)OPolitical
MLK Jr. & Malcolm XO Work with a partner
O One person reads and answers the MLK Jr. sheet, the other Malcolm X
O Afterwards, you both fill out the Venn Diagram together
