HIST 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Malcolm X, Economic Inequality, Housing Discrimination
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Daylong rally in front of the lincoln memorial. Martin luther king jr. "s speech is one of the most famous in history. Greatest civil rights demonstration in the nation"s history. 3 months after the march, jfk was assassinated. Established the equal employment opportunity commission: designed to lesson racial discrimination in the work force. Thousands of civil rights workers went to the south to promote african amerian voter registration and participation. Produced a violent response in the south. 3 first workers to arrive in south to help with gaining people to support were murdered by kkk members. Aftermath is what helped lead to the second of the civil rights amendments. Civil rights act of 1965 (voting rights act of 1965) After 1965 the movement became more complex. Not just a souther and rural problem. New focuses: economic inequality, poverty, unemployment. Urban violence: ny 1964, most famous in the watts neighborhood of la in 1965. Including 28 african americans: 1967 in detroit.
