The Civil Rights Movement In The 1960's

It is wholly recognizable that the 1960’s is one of the greatest triumphs in American civil rights history. The 1960’s not only continued the frigidness of the Cold War, it bolstered voices of African American’s and their oppressed state. Centuries of their rights, ideas, and voices being suppressed or disregarded exploded during the 60’s. It was a revival in the confidence and idea of “black power” that spurred across African American people. The civil rights movement endured the common notion of white superiority and rose above the idea of being inferior. Eventually, they achieved more economic and political rights, with the social aspect lagging behind. In succeeding in gathering support for racial equality, civil rights activists and leaders used an abundance of different strategies from nonviolence to violence and varying goals of integration or publicizing racism. During the early 1960s, nonviolently protesting discriminatory policies and racist views was one of the main strategies of the civil rights movement. Infamous people, including Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, promoted peaceful disobedience. This tactic is emphasized in the
Stokely Carmichael provides a good example in “What We Want”, Carmichael shows what he hopes the African American people can be a part of, the community as a whole. He shows his idealism in his hope that white and black Americans show supporting for civil rights by not doing business with racists and cooperating with one another. Bolder techniques were often used by the Black Panthers. In the “Statement by the Minister of Defense of the Black Panthers”, it calls for more violent and highly critical tactics than others used. Self-defense through arming oneself was the idea of the passage, intended for the use by African American people. It shows the change in methods from the beginning of the decade to the