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