The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement | King’s Protest Campaigns Bolstered Civil Rights
In the following viewpoint, Adam Mack writes that Martin Luther King Jr.’s direct-action and mass mobilization campaigns played a pivotal role in promoting positive racial change during the civil rights movement. Specifically, King’s mass protests against Jim Crow—in Birmingham and Selma, for example— drew national attention to the cause of civil rights and compelled the federal government to take decisive action. In contrast, the NAACP’s legalistic approach was limited, primarily because many of the legal rulings that pertained to civil rights had little or no impact outside...
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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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