HISC70H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Stokely Carmichael, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
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Transnational black activism in the 1960s and 1970s. The civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s. Organizations like the naacp (national association for the advancement of colored. People) and the sclc (southern christian leadership conference) sought to end segregation and racial discrimination often characterized by non-violence and cooperation between white and black activists. Two landmark pieces of legislation introduced in mid-60s: the civil rights act (1964) and the voting rights act (1965) Not all african americans were satisfied with the civil rights movement; many saw it as too mainstream to generate significant social change. Stokely carmichael (later kwame ture) and the black power movement. Born in trinidad in 1941; moved to harlem in 1952. Popula(cid:396)ized the te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)bla(cid:272)k po(cid:449)e(cid:396)(cid:863) i(cid:374) 1966. Pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipated i(cid:374) (cid:862)sit-i(cid:374)s(cid:863) o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)ized (cid:271)(cid:455) the co(cid:374)g(cid:396)ess of ra(cid:272)ial e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455) (cid:894)core(cid:895) After graduating from howard university, he became an organizer with the student.
