Reference no: EM133530799

Question

1. Identify the term,

2. Define how it relates to the period, and

3. Explain the significance of the term in learning the broader scope of American history. Be sure to use the significance specifically discussed in lecture.

Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954

Rosa Parks

Civil Rights Act, 1964

Reaganomics

"In the early years of the civil rights movement, African-Americans successfully used 'militant nonviolence' against Southern white conservative's 'massive resistance.' This strategy led to the passage of landmark federal legislation that reversed the Jim Crow laws that had left them segregated and disfranchised for almost a century."

Questions

How did African Americans use "militant nonviolence" and who was the spokesperson for this tactic in the black community? How was this method used during the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery, Alabama, by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and to what effect? How was it used in Birmingham, Alabama, by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and to what effect? What were the two landmark pieces of federal legislation passed that undid Jim Crow and how did "militant nonviolence" help achieve these?