The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement | Blacks Should Agitate for Civil Rights
As the black freedom struggle was gaining strength at the turn of the century, W.E.B. Du Bois was well on his way to becoming the nation’s preeminent black intellectual and spokesperson. Born a free black man just after the end of the Civil War, Du Bois became the first black man to graduate from Harvard and went on to help found the influential National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the organization’s widely read journal, the Crisis.
A prolific scholar and outspoken political leader, Du Bois exposed the black experience perhaps more...
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- Introduction
- How Did the Fight for Rights Begin?
- Segregation or Integration?
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What Were the Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Federal Legislation Will Strengthen Civil Rights
- Federal Civil Rights Legislation Is Inadequate
- Blacks Must Employ Nonviolent Resistance
- Nonviolent Resistance Is Not Enough
- Blacks Should Strive for Black Power
- Black Power Is Ineffective
- King’s Protest Campaigns Had a Limited Impact on Civil Rights
- King’s Protest Campaigns Bolstered Civil Rights
- Who Played the Most Important Role in the Civil Rights Movement?
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