ASH HIS 204 Week 4 DQ 1 A Single American Nation NEW

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ASH HIS 204 Week 4 DQ 1 A Single American Nation
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s-204-week-4-dq-1-a-single-american-nation When
the First World War began, African-American
leaders pressed the government to provide black
men the right to go to combat to prove their
devotion to their country. Hoping that their
service would lay a stake on citizenship which
the nation would have no choice but to honor, the
New Negro of the 1920s adopted a more militant
stance toward civil rights. The civil rights
struggle envisioned at the time, however, made
few concrete gains. Discrimination and
disenfranchisement persisted.African-American
leaders responded to the Second World War much as
they had to the First, offering their services
while expecting recognition in return. They
intended to fight a Double-V Campaign against
fascism abroad and racism at home. They helped to
kill
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schools. A grass-roots movement emerged to
challenge discrimination elsewhere. By 1965,
nonviolent means had murdered Jim Crow. Yet, the
60s were nothing if not a violent decade, marred
by war, riots, and assassinations. By the end of
the decade, Americans were as divided in some
ways as they had ever been, and hopes for
integration into a single American nation largely
gave way to an emphasis on the unique needs and
interests of different groups within the
nation.Chart the progress of the Civil Rights
Movement from 1954 to 1965. Identifying specific
events from that period, explain why the movement
succeeded so well during this period when similar
struggles had gained so little in previous
decades. Compare and contrast the different
approaches to gaining civil rights adopted by
different leaders in this period, those of Martin
Luther King and Malcolm X, for instance. Finally,
explain why the Civil Rights Movement splintered
at the end of the decade by discussing at least
TWO of the following groups, drawing from the
primary sources belowa. Native Americansb.
Women c. The Black Power movementd.
Chicanose. StudentsSummarize your response by
considering the following questionsa. What
precisely did the Civil Right Movement gain?b.
What objectives did it fail to achieve?c. Why
did so many new movements emerge by the end of
the 1960s?d. Was the nation more or less divided
in 1970 than it had been in 1950? When writing
your response, draw from material in the
following videoa. Let freedom ring Moments
from the civil rights movement, 1954-1965 Also
in your response, draw from at least TWO of the
documents listed below