AMS 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Stokely Carmichael, Selma, Alabama
19 Nov 2016
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Introduction: formation of institutions that represent black identity, culture, and politics. Political parties: emphasis of identity and pride of african americans. To stage a massive voting rights drive in mississippi. Students poured into mississippi, from all over the place. Massive movement to register people to vote. Michael schwerner (white), andrew goodman (white), james chaney. In the process of looking for them, many other bodies were found. People who had disappeared in the state of mississippi who were directly active in the civil rights. Country is now paying attention to the violence happening in. Media immediately pays attention when white activists are killed. Life has unequal value in the face of the police and the media: ms freedom democratic party (mfdp) Only had access to education in her early pre-teen years. Very smart, worked for a local plantation owner. Local emphasis in grassroots organizing; local who joined sncc. Sign up people to be members of the delegation, black members of mississippi.
