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Problems in the North Bought house in white neighborhood Racism and discrimination Low paying jobs & high unemployment 1. Last hired, first fired Segregated neighborhoods & housing discrimination Poverty Bought house in white neighborhood
Urban Riots during the Long, Hot Summers Major riots in Detroit and Watts (L.A.) Complaints about police brutality Complaints about discrimination/racism Detroit
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New Ideas in Civil Rights: The Black Panthers Wanted a revolution in U.S. Wanted to arm themselves & force whites to grant them rights Wanted African American control of institutions in their neighborhoods (schools, hospitals, police) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGZpDt6OYnI
New Ideas in Civil Rights: Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam Preached black nationalism: African Americans should separate themselves from whites and form their own self-governing communities After pilgrimage to Mecca, Malcolm X decided integration was possible 1. Leaves Nation of Islam Malcolm X was assassinated by members of Nation of Islam for leaving group in 1965 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a3hT8f6Kkk
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated Visiting Memphis to support strike by African American sanitation workers April 4, 1968 Assassin was James Earl Ray Led to urban riots across the country Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1968: 1. Ending discrimination in housing sales and rentals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_3mSW8XUZI