1. New Civil Rights Issues: Problems in the North & Urban Areas
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2. 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

3. Urban Riots during the Long, Hot Summers
Major riots in Detroit and Watts (L.A.)
Complaints about police brutality
Complaints about discrimination/racism
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Detroit

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5. 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)
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6. 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
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7. 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
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8. Medgar Evers Assassinated
Evers was a civil rights activist in Mississippi and WWII veteran
After Brown v. Board of Education, Evers challenged segregation of public universities when he applied to the University of Mississippi’s School of Law. He was rejected because of his race.
Evers became Secretary of Mississippi’s NAACP, helping to organize boycotts and investigate crimes like the lynching of Emmett Till
Evers was assassinated by a KKK member in front of his house in 1963
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