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Dead Civil Rights Guys

Dead Civil Rights Guys. Change and / or Assassination American History – Henrichsen. Eisenhower. Not your traditional icon Conservative, Military background Major General in charge of the European Theater of WWII Interstate Highway System Interstate Commerce as a method to guarantee rights

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Dead Civil Rights Guys

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  1. Dead Civil Rights Guys Change and / or Assassination American History – Henrichsen

  2. Eisenhower • Not your traditional icon • Conservative, Military background • Major General in charge of the European Theater of WWII • Interstate Highway System • Interstate Commerce as a method to guarantee rights • Supreme Court • Earl Warren • Brown v. Board of Education (54) • Separate but equal isn’t • Hernandez v. Texas (54) • Mexican Americans have civil rights too • McLaughlin v. Florida (64) • Anti Miscegenation

  3. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • The strategy of passive resistance and civil disobedience • A Christian Leader • Southern Christian Leadership Conference • Feared by J Edgar Hoover • Followed • Taunted family members with blackmail • “I Have a Dream”

  4. Malcolm X – AKA Malcolm Little • The Strategy of in your face action • Black Panthers • "Concerning nonviolence: It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself, when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun or a rifle. We believe in obeying the law."

  5. X continued – What’s in a name? • "When I'm traveling around the country, I use my real Muslim name, Malik Shabazz. I make my hotel reservations under that name, and I always see the same thing I've just been telling you. I come to the desk and always see that 'here-comes-a- Negro' look. It's kind of a reserved, coldly tolerant cordiality. But when I say 'Malik Shabazz,' their whole attitude changes: they snap to respect. They think I'm an African. People say what's in a name? There's a whole lot in a name. The American black man is seeing the African respected as a human being. The African gets respect because he has an identity and cultural roots. But most of all because the African owns some land. For these reasons he has his human rights recognized, and that makes his civil rights automatic."

  6. John Fitzgerald Kennedy - The president who could be king • Camelot • Scandal • Marilyn Monroe • Extramarital Affairs • Bay of Pigs • Invade with criminals • Cuban Missile Crisis • Lets destroy the world • Vietnam • First US military involvement • Iraq • Help Sadaam kill opponents and smart people • Assassination in Texas - Conspiracy

  7. Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy - The younger brother who changes America • Attorney General • Actively works to change American law • Assassination in a hotel while campaigning for President • Reason for secret service protection for viable presidential candidates

  8. Power of the Dead • Change after the death of the leaders • Ike • Continuation of the Warren Court and its accomplishments • King • Integration around the country • X • Confidence of groups to stand up to society • JFK • Great Society, Mass appeal • RFK • Social Justice via law

  9. Bibliography • Fist of glory image • http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/african-american/twentieth_century/fist.htm

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