HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: An American Dilemma, Stokely Carmichael, Voting Rights Act Of 1965

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Selma to montgomery march, 1965: an effort led by the southern christian leadership council (sclc) and martin. There is only an american problem their cause must be our cause too. Because it is not just negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome : sidenote: the term negro was acceptable in public discourse. Democrats since the civil war, nowhere else to go, voting for goldwater in 1964 and. Nixon in 1968: electoral college/winner-takes-all voting system ensures that the south stays. Owning heritage, using the afro, different clothing, export african trends to the. Black power: while the civil rights movement in the south had focused on integration and non- violence, black power advocated racial nationalism and armed self-defence, revolutionary implications. Stokely carmichael: i"m not going to beg the white man for anything i deserve. I"m going to take it : radicalized towards a more militant stance.