HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Chicano Movement, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
13 Dec 2017
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Begins with the idea of the i have a dream speech. Court decided not end segregation, but latinos are white . Naacp worked through multiple candidates who was going to sit on the bus. Should be smart enough to fight in court. Group of students were a part of sncc. Students learned how to deal with being antagonized verbally. Other students poured food on their heads but they never left; they were dragged. Passage of the civil rights act of 1964. Passage of the voting rights act off the seats. Not just an afterthought of the civil rights act. Takes an additional 25 years until american school systems are completely desegregated. The march on washington was about employment and civil rights. Story of civil rights movements that takes root in the 1930"s, tied to the new. Deal, shaped during and after wwii, stretches beyond the south and inspired the continuation and proliferation of movements to today.
