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7. Social movements: Essay planning
This page contains a variety of essay writing exercises and essay plans for this topic. Each essay will give an argument in the question; you need to evaluate this argument by presenting and evaluating...
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6. Civil Rights and social movements: Essay frames and writing exercises
This page contains a variety of essay writing exercises and essay plans for this topic Task One: Essay planning ATL: Thinking skills In pairs plan the following essay: Assess the impact of Martin Luther...
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a. Non-violent protest
In the 1950s, the NAACP used legal methods to challenge segregation in education. This was followed up by direct action. Martin Luther King emerged as a key leader in this non-violent challenge to the...
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3. Extent of change achieved by the African American civil rights movement
Supreme Court Decisions and the Civil Rights legislation dismantled the segregation laws of the Southern states and made discrimination illegal in such areas as education, housing and employment. Voting...
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c. Role of women
Although the previous two pages have focused on the activities of men as drivers of the Civil Rights movement, in fact women played a crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement. Indeed, women had been...
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2. Methods used by the African American civil rights movement to create change
A variety of methods were used to achieve civil rights. These ranged from legal methods to direct action to more radical approaches. While key individuals such as Martin Luther King played a key role,...
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3. The role and significance of key actors/groups
Each of the actions that you read about on the previous page achieved success through the combined efforts of key individuals and organisations. What was the role and significance of Martin Luther King?...
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b. Radical activism
Not all black Americans supported the Civil Rights movement and its non-violent approach to achieving civil rights. In the mid 1960s violent riots took place in many cities; large areas of cities such...
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1. Reasons for the emergence of the African American civil rights movement
The USA emerged from World War Two as a superpower - the most prosperous and powerful country in the world. It has proved itself victorious over fascism and had stood for freedom and democracy in its...
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