AFROAM 236 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ella Baker, Lunch Counter, Southern Christian Leadership Conference
19 Sep 2016
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History of the crm 10/13/15: lecture 8. 1960 sit in movements: nonviolent, public, size of movement, white economy. Integrating the lunch counter in washington, dc: protesters dress in best attire, sit in at lunch counter at hex (like macy"s, took 1 year (1951-1952) Sncc student nonviolent coordination committee: ella baker has problems with sclc (male leadership, doesn"t seem democratic, organized meeting wanted to decentralized movement organizations. Whites need black purchasing power to stay in business. Picket lines/sit ins also used in labor strikes (communist party) What is new about this moment: media the news/tv, the newspaper, at first it"s a youth movement. Intergenerational movement (parents, grandparents, students: use of force to protect aas. Election jfk vs. richard nixon: gets vote because robert kennedy calls to get mlk out of jail. May 1961 13 freedom riders start in d. c: attacked in the carolina"s, arrive in atlanta on may 13 to see mlk, mlk thinks they are too dangerous, not for them.
