Civil+rights+and+social+movements+in+the+Americas

__** HOMEWORK **__ Civil rights and social movements in the Americas. This section focuses on the origins, nature, challenges and achievements of civil rights movements after 1945. Movements represented the attempts to achieve equality for groups that were not recognized or accepted as full members of society. The groups challenged established authority and entrenched attitudes. Overall book, Howard Zinn, "A People's History of the United States 1492-Present - section 17 "Does it explode" a good starting point for racial relations between the North and South. Latin America: United States: Read Civil Rights in the USA - 1945-68 Chapters 7 and 8. Race Relations in the USA 1863-1980 - American Indians and the New Deal - pages 73-74 Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States", pages 524-536 Race relations in the USA 1836-1980 - pages 199-203 Canada:**__ AFRICAN AMERICANS and the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT __**: __Origins:__ Read Civil Rights in the USA - 1945-68 Chapter 2: The Black Situation and the end of World War 11 - especially key debates Read Race Relations in the USA 1863-1980 - African Americans and the New Deal - pages 71-73 An Introduction to American History, 1860-1990 - Alan Farmer and Vivienne Saunders - Chapter 5 pages 157 onwards __Tactics and organisations:__ Chapter 4 - The 1960's - King of the Civil Rights Movement Chapter 5 - The 1960's - Black Power __Key:__ This is a good comparsion between the ideology of King (passive resistance) and the more militant Malcolm X __ Revision: __ Chapter 8 for conclusions. Also read Chapter 6 for the contrast of two presidents during this period (Kennedy and Johnston) __ **The US Supreme court and legal challenges to segregation in education FEMINIST MOVEMENTS IN THE AMERICAS** __ Zinn's book for early 20th Century - pages 342-346, 349; 1960's and 1970's 504-514 Politics, Presidency and Society in the USA, 1968-2001 pages 13- 17 Politics, Presidency and Society in the USA- pages 9-12
 * __ NATIVE AMERICANS and CIVIL RIGHTS: __**
 * __YOUTH CULTURE AND PROTESTS OF THE 1960's and 1970's__**