African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s Women “Mammy” Large and in charge (hand on hip, finger pointing) Men Violent Stupid Drunk and/or Lazy Overly sexual Both Singing, dancing, serving whites, or eating watermelon or fried chicken.

Strange Fruit By Billie Holiday Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Leaders

Biases

2 Types of Change Sought Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. SCLC SNCC

2 Types of Change Sought Malcolm X Nation of Islam Black Panthers

Actions Taken

Incident BY COUNTEE CULLEN (For Eric Walrond) Once riding in old Baltimore, Heart-filled, head-filled with glee, I saw a Baltimorean Keep looking straight at me. Now I was eight and very small, And he was no whit bigger, And so I smiled, but he poked out His tongue, and called me, “Nigger.” I saw the whole of Baltimore From May until December; Of all the things that happened there That’s all that I remember.

News Coverage

Changes

Where is the movement today?

So which group will you choose? Women’s Rights Native American Rights Disability Rights Latino/Chicano Rights Environmentalist Movement Student Movement (SDS, New Left) Anti-War Movement Gay Rights Movement Global Human Rights