HIST 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The Fire Next Time, Port Huron Statement, Participatory Democracy
23 Aug 2016
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Chapter 25 1960s the question of the decade: how do we express freedom? the govt. had big answers to big problems, but never put them into action the decade was de ned by political activism and social change. The civil rights movement challenged the us to rethink the meaning of freedom does freedom apply to all? freedom became a rallying cry of the dispossessed it inspired new movements. Freedom rides blacks traveled by bus to test the legal compliance of the transportation system (after the icc ordered that buses by desegregated) Freedom march students involvement, e orts and organizations for change freedom was leading to mobilization. Student non-violent coordinating committee (sncc) other protests for change protests were in response to rights that had been granted, but were never enforced. Congress of racial equality (core) organized freedom rides in 1961. James meredith in september of 1962, the court ordered the university of mi to admit james.
