Presents opposing viewpoints on the civil rights movement focusing on desegregation, the movement's goals and objectives, national legislation, and Black power.
Content Note
ch. 1. How did the fight for rights begin? -- 1. Blacks should not agitate for civil rights / Booker T. Washington -- 2. Blacks should agitate for civil rights / W.E.B. Du Bois -- 3. Booker T. Washington's leadership was flawed / Martin Kilson -- 4. Booker T. Washington's leadership was effective / Adam Fairclough -- 5. Civil rights can be secured through mass action / Philip Randolph -- 6. Civil rights can be secured through legal action / Thurgood Marshall -- ch. 2. Segregation or integration? -- 1. Segregation is morally wrong / Thurgood Marshall -- 2. Segregation is necessary / James Jackson Kilpatrick -- 3. School segregation is unconstitutional / Earl Warren -- 4. The government should not interfere in school segregation / Southern Manifesto -- 5. Brown v. Board of Education boosted civil rights / Julius L. Chambers -- 6. Brown v. Board of Education failed to promote civil rights / Louis Anthes -- ch. 3. What were the strategies of the civil rights movement ? -- 1. Federal legislation will strengthen civil rights / John F. Kennedy -- 2. Federal civil rights legislation in inadequate / James Farmer -- 3. Blacks must employ nonviolent resistance / Martin Luther King Jr. -- 4. Nonviolent resistance is not enough / Malcolm X -- 5. Blacks should strive for Black power / Stokely Carmichael -- 6. Black power is ineffective / Kenneth Clark -- 7. King's protest campaigns had a limited impact on civil rights / Denton L. Watson -- 8. King's protest campaigns bolstered civil rights / Adam Mack -- ch. 4. Who played the most important role in the civil rights movement? -- 1. National leaders.