The Civil Rights Movement was a movement for racial equality and voting rights for African Americans that peaked between 1955 and 1968. African Americans organized and participated in a decade of protests, including sit-ins, marches, boycotts, and fights for legislation of equal treatment. The movement was famous for strong and charismatic leaders who believed in the power of nonviolent resistance. Despite this belief by many, protestors encountered violence and struggled to keep unity within the movement over time. The story of the Civil Rights Movement is not only one of the south, though. Leaders and protestors in the North fought for equality in housing, employment, and de facto segregation. Historians still disagree about the success of the Civil Rights Movement - while great improvements were made in race relations, the goals of the movement have not fully been achieved.

History Government - Spring 2016. Unit 5 - The Civil War. Unit 6 - Reconstruction Era. Unit 7 - American Imperialism. Unit 8 - World War I.

• View ShortAnswerHistoryunit7.docx from HISTORY 8994 at Texas Tech University. Unit 7 1 Student protesters used similar and different strategies of protests from those used during the Civil Rights.
• Unit 1: Beginnings of America Know. How the Americas were settled and by whom. Analyze the changes made to the 'Americas' once Europeans were introduced.
• Unit 7-Liberalism & The Civil Rights Movement (1945-1975) Justice, Equality & Protest Homework Assignments. Howard Zinn-A People's History of the U.S.

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Unit 7: The Civil Warmac's History Summary

Extra resources:

Unit 7: The Civil Warmac's History Channel

Related to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed by Lyndon B. Johnson:

Unit 7: The Civil Warmac's History War

Unit 7: The Civil Warmac's History Timeline