HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Citizens' Councils, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Moral Authority
12 Dec 2016
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Many joined the army to escape the depression. Moved to cities to work in factories since whites were out fighting. Establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. Brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman in mississippi at 14 years old. Beat, gouged out his eye, shot in the head, threw his body, tied to a cotton-gin fan with barbed wire, into the river. Trial: murders found not guilty, saying their was not sufficient evidence. Brought to light the brutality of jim crow segregation in the south and was an early impetus of the african american civil rights movement. Black churches served as sites of organization, education, and community engagement. The ku klux klan used religious arguments and imagery in their terrorist actions against the civil rights movement. Clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the african-american civil rights. Best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using non violence.
