to what extent did violence help or hinder the achievement of civil rights

Introduction Points

Jim Crow Violence

Understand and recognise there are other civil rights groups at this time, struggling and battling, and dealing with violence but for the purpose of this assignemnt (and word constraints) you'll be solely exploring black civil rights.

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Black Civil Rights Activists twisted the abhorrent violence against their cause and made it helpful to their cause, whilst doing minimal violent acts in retaliation. Thus, it was a help in their eventual battle in civil rights. But it shouldn't have had to be this way.

Black Power and Police Brutality

Civil Rights Pacifism

Argument

Black Panthers and Malcolm X

Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddamn

Strange Fruit - Billie Holliday

MLK

He was still killed.

Emmett Till

Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith

Sam Cooke

March on Washington = peaceful.

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Abraham, Martin and John - Marvin Gaye

The image of black panthers and their weapon.

KKK