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24.3 New Issues. By Matthew Kieswether. Problems facing Urban African Americans. Racism Problem Living Conditions Job Situation Average Income and Unemployment Poor Neighborhoods Economic and Social Issues. The Watts Riot, 1965. Los Angeles Police Brutality
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24.3 New Issues By Matthew Kieswether
Problems facing Urban African Americans • Racism Problem • Living Conditions • Job Situation • Average Income and Unemployment • Poor Neighborhoods • Economic and Social Issues
The Watts Riot, 1965 • Los Angeles • Police Brutality • National Guard, 14,000; Law officers, 1500 • $30 million; 34 dead; 900 injured
Detroit Riot, 1967 • Detroit awards • Members of illegal club arrested • Riot explodes • 43 deaths, 1000 wounded • Tanks and Machine guns • 4000 fires, 1300 buildings
The Kerner Commission • National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders • Gov. Otto Kerner • 2 Societies • Recommendations • Johnson’s reaction
The Shift to Economic Rights • King Criticized • Rev. Albert Raby • Chicago Movement • March through Cicero • Mayor Richard Daley • New Program Proposed
Black Power • More Aggressive Tactics • CORE and SNCC • Stokely Carmichael • Racial Distinctiveness • African Hairstyles and African Clothing • Philosophy of Hopelessness and Despair
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam • Malcolm Little • Black Muslims • The “X” • Self Defense • Break with Nation • Pilgrimage to Mecca • Assassination • Legacy
The Black Panthers • 1966, Oakland CA • Black Power, Black Nationalism, and Economic Self-Sufficiency • Revolution • “Ten Point Program” • Eldridge Cleaver
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. • Civil Rights Movement Fragmented • Memphis, Tennessee • “Poor People’s Campaign” • “I’ve been to the Mountaintop…” • Dr. King’s Death • Ralph Abernathy • Civil Rights Act of 1968