strategies and organizations of the crm
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Strategies and Organizations of the CRM. Essential Question: What are the different protesting strategies of the CRM?. NAACP. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Formed in 1909 Use court system to fight racism Brown v. BOE. CORE. Congress of Racial Equality - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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