01:014:203 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Montgomery Bus Boycott, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Chicago Freedom Movement
1 Oct 2016
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Black struggle for freedom extends way before the 1950s movement. Link between christianity & social justice the black church is intimately connected to the activism in the civil rights. Was a place of meeting & gathering; many important civil rights mobilizations started off in civil rights churches (e. g. montgomery bus boycott) an integral part of the strategy of the movement. Specific actions in the movement reach to specific political. King was able to connect with ordinary people to control them to reach a goal. Civil rights movement was of integration not of assimilation. Constituency who agrees with the choices of the leader. Message of king"s speech whether the nation can transform and overcome the problem of. Dubois), wanted a transformation in the status quo, emphasizes economic justice federal order to stop. Constitutional patriotism; king wanted to shame the nation for the southern states denying the rights the constitution was promising african americans. Turning the marchers around because king received a.
