Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., also became an iconic figure and crucial leader of civil rights by promoting the use of nonviolent resistance to diffuse all forms of racial descrimination. Unfortunately, King was assassinated in 1968.
Black Power
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prevented discrimination in employment and public accommodations, and gave the Justice Department the authority to enforce school desegregation. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped to establish over half of all eligible African Americans in the South to vote by 1968. Many African Americans began to feel that violence and self-defense would be more effective as opposed to King’s peaceful approach. In the 1960s, the ‘‘Black Power’’ movement began, incorporating aggressive tactics aimed at increasing African Americans’ economic and political power and advocating complete separation from white society.
From 1948 to 1973, the civil rights movement gained considerable momentum and includes some of its most important developments.On the following pages is a chronology of the key events of this period in history
Black Power
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prevented discrimination in employment and public accommodations, and gave the Justice Department the authority to enforce school desegregation. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped to establish over half of all eligible African Americans in the South to vote by 1968. Many African Americans began to feel that violence and self-defense would be more effective as opposed to King’s peaceful approach. In the 1960s, the ‘‘Black Power’’ movement began, incorporating aggressive tactics aimed at increasing African Americans’ economic and political power and advocating complete separation from white society.
From 1948 to 1973, the civil rights movement gained considerable momentum and includes some of its most important developments.On the following pages is a chronology of the key events of this period in history
