1. Wikispaces Extra general readings Good to know, but not vital As it says!

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3. Essay planning grid

4. Black Civil Rights Movement Birmingham Campaign (April 1963) End segregation in Birmingham and the South MLK and/or the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) “Short-term” a) Modern Civil Rights Movement Brown versus Board of Topeka NAACP victory = beginnings of the modern BCR movement Montgomery Bus Boycott First demonstration of effectiveness of organised, mass, non-violent direct action. Freedom rides/sit-ins/other actions Shows the breadth of ‘grass-roots’ activity into which King and SCLC could tap b) Establishment of SCLC/Albany Campaign An organisation focused on desegregation that learns in Albany what NOT to do! “Long-term” a) “Tripartite system of domination” b) Role of the Church Place where blacks could come together Platform for leaders to develop, and spread their message.

5. “Consequences” Essay planning grid: B.C.R. B irmingham Limited desegregation White backlash (and later “blacklash”??) C ivil Rights Act Birmingham and the March on Washington gave impetus to federal moves to enact Civil Rights legislation R ise of SCLC/MLK