HIST 221: THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1865

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HIST 221 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1865

• LECTURE 19 FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO BLACK POWER

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I. A Lifetime of Preparations

• A. The Rise and Fall of "Jim Crow"

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A. The Rise and Fall of "Jim Crow"
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A. The Rise and Fall of "Jim Crow"
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A. The Rise and Fall of "Jim Crow"
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II. Taking it to the Streets and the Courts
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A. Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956
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A. Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956
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A. Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956
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A. Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956
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B. Little Rock School Crisis, 1957
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B. Little Rock School Crisis, 1957
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C. Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Greensboro Sit-In
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D. The Kennedy Honeymoon, 1960-1963
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D. The Kennedy Honeymoon, 1960-1963
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E. "Freedom Rides," 1961
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E. "Freedom Rides," 1961
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E. "Freedom Rides," 1961
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Limits of Non-Violence, 1962
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Limits of Non-Violence, 1962
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F. James Meredith at "Ole Miss," 1962
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F. James Meredith at "Ole Miss," 1962
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Project "C" in Birmingham, 1963
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Project "C" in Birmingham, 1963
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Project "C" in Birmingham, 1963
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Project "C" in Birmingham, 1963
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G. Letter from a Birmingham Jail, April, 1963
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G. Letter from a Birmingham Jail, April, 1963
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H. March on Washington, August 28, 1963
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H. March on Washington, August 28, 1963
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H. March on Washington, August 28, 1963
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H. March on Washington, August 28, 1963
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Freedom Summer, 1964
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Freedom Summer, 1964
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Freedom Summer, 1964
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III. Success and Splinters
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A. Nonviolence Continues

• The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL,
  March 1965

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The Freedom March, March 1965
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The Freedom March, March 1965
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The Freedom March, March 1965
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B. Legislative Progress

• 1. Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964

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1. Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964
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1. Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964
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1. Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964
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a. Katzenbach v. McClung, Interstate Commerce
Clause
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C. The War on Poverty
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C. The War on Poverty
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C. The War on Poverty
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C. The War on Poverty
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D. Black Power
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D. Black Power
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D. Black Power