Tuesday, January 29, 2013

C.T. Vivian by Lou Bournique

C.T. Vivian was one of the key players in the civil rights movement. In 1959 he met James Lawson who at the time was teaching other students how to have non violent protests such as sit ins.  In1961 He joined the SCLC and participated in the the first of the freedom rides to Mississippi.  He was One of MLK's Lieutenants and helped Diane Nash pressure Mayor west in admitting that racial discrimination was morally wrong.  In 1970 he wrote the book Black Power and The American Myth which was the first book written about the civil rights movement. It was written by a member of MLK's Administration.
  


 One thing that i found to be interesting is that after the civil rights movement ended he continued to lead many civil rights organizations.  Including The Anti-Klan Network, The Center of Democratic Renewal, and Black Strategies and Information Center (BASICS).  This shows that even after a great battle had been won he still stayed true to his cause.   

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/ct-vivian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._T._Vivian
  

8 comments:

  1. I found it to be interesting that he wrote the first book about the Civil Rights Movement. I also thought it was interesting that even the movement ended that he continued leading other civil movements. I think you had a lot of great information.

    Emily

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  2. Ive never heard of this man and it seems like he had a huge impact on the civil rights movement. i feel like schools should teach more about other people involved in the movement then just MLK because there is so many important people.

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  3. He was really a productive member.good work

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  4. I like how you said all the organizations that you did.. Mitch

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  5. i believe all your information is interesting and all the famous people you included.

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  6. It's interesting that even after all the movement essentially ended, he continued to advocate for many things associated with the movement.

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  7. Just like a lot of other people involved in all of this he continued to fight and leading other civil movements even when people tried to discourage it.

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  8. I like how he continued to lead some different organizations even after the civil rights movement ended.

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