Stokely Carmichael by Williamson

Stokely Carmichael was born june 29 1941 in Trinidad. Stokely came to became a prominent member of the SNCC and would later rise to lead the organization to fight for civil rights. Stokely would become Honorary Prime Minister of the militant Black Panther party. Carmichael's journey into the civil rights movement lead him to work with Dr. King himself but would grew towards the militant movement after repeated humiliation and police brutality. Carmichael's impact towards the militant Black Panther party would lead him to coin the black power phrase and increased anti sentiment towards all white people. Stokely is to remembered as a prominent advocate of Civil Rights & Militant movement.

http://www.biography.com/people/stokely-carmichael-9238629

SCLC- Jake

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was established in 1957 following the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Martin Luther King, Jr. served as the first president of the organization. The purpose of this organization is to fight for the rights of people who are discriminated against and not being treated as God intended them to be. The difference between SCLC from SNCC and NAACP, is that they sought out affiliates and not individual members. The SCLC believed they should continue with non-violent acts like those of other organizations.

One of the first events they did as an organization was a conference in Atlanta at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Dr. King invited about 60 black ministers to attend. They also organized the Crusade for Citizenship in which 115 black leaders went around educating black voters that its there time to vote for the change. SCLC also played a major role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, this is when Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech.

http://sclcnational.org/
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia

NAACP

 The National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People was founded in February 12, 1909. the organization was created after a race riot in Springfield, Illinois 1908. it was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois, , Ida Wells-Barnett, Henry Moscowitz, Oswald Garrison Villiard and William English  Walling.They believed that this organization would help the blacks and take them to another level.The way it was actually started was a white female name  Mary White Ovington was reading an article written by William English Walling and the article was about what happened in Illinois, so she shared with the rest of the them and they have decided to create this organization.After all these situations they sent out a letter "call" to everyone that thought this organization would be helpful for the black people.The NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization.

I believe the most important ideas were how they agree into this idea even though they was not sure it would work. All the founders were white except W. E. B. Du Bois who was black. It was a hard decision to make because they never knew what they would face and how it was going to work out . the most important decision is how they all worked together since they got different cultures and backgrounds. the value of this subject is the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. They all made the right decision and that's why their names are remember today.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/404433/National-Association-for-the-Advancement-of-Colored-People-NAACP

Mahmood: Malcolm X

Malcolm X

 

    

    

Malcolm X was an American Civil rights movement leader. He was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, – and was assassinated on February 21, 1965 at the age of 39 in New York City, New York. As a child Malcolm was a good student and had the intention of becoming a lawyer, but when his teacher told he can't because of his race he lost interest in school and dropped out instead. Malcolm’s father was a Baptist at a charge and belonged to a black organization. His father faced a lot of threats from white supremacist which caused him to move out from their home twice. Malcolm joined the Nation of Islam influenced by Elijah Mohamed. After visiting the holy place for Muslims Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Malcolm turns a Sunni Muslim and disobeys the teachings of Elijah Mohamed which caused his assassination. Malcolm was one of the leaders of the Nation Of Islam.

 

Malcolm x strategy was to obtain freedom with violence unlike Dr. King. One of his quotes that could be and evidence for this is, “be respectful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone, but if anyone puts his hand on you send him to the cemetery.” Malcolm was against nonviolence therefor he criticized it. The other major thing is that Malcolm first believed that all white people are evils no exceptions until he goes to Mecca and sees black and white Muslims all under one religion Islam worshipping together, eating from the same plate , Malcolm became a true Muslim and accepted a

lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X

 

http://www.malcolmx.com/about/bio.html

 

 



Brandon Brown: RFK

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy was probably best known, during his lifetime, for being the Attorney General for his brother, John F. Kennedy, and for Lyndon B. Johnson, and for his run as the Democratic presidential nominee in 1968. He was unusual because he reached out to many different people including the poor, blacks, the working class and the migrant worker. These people were mainly ignored by politics at the time, so by reaching out to them, he surprised many people. He was a notable figure in the civil rights movement, and was very important in compromising for the Freedom Riders' safety. After John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Bobby resigned as Attorney General, and would later successfully run for a Senate seat from the state of New York. In 1968, Bobby ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, and after a key victory in California, he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, and after 26 hours, he passed away.

One thing that I found interesting was that he didn't really get along with many prominent names, such as J. Edgar Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson, and at times Martin Luther King Jr. J. Edgar Hoover was difficult to work with as he didn't like the idea of racial integration (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkennedyR.htm). Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson were known to not get along, and after only 9 months of being Attorney General for Johnson, he resigned and decided to run for the Senate. As far as Kennedy and Dr. King, Kennedy would often give permission for the FBI to wiretap Dr. King's phones, as the FBI thought that King's closest allies were communists (http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/king/d1.html), and once King angrily berated Kennedy for having a The First Baptist Church in Montgomery secured by the National Guard and U.S. Marshalls(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFK#cite_note-26), although he would later go on to thank him for that.

Another thing that surprised me was that Kennedy's ultimate goal was to end the nonviolent protests. It was surprising to me because Kennedy was an avid civil rights supporter, and ending the protests seemed odd. However, the main reason why he wanted to end these protests was because it often incited riots and it would embarrass the United States. In fact, he was content with jailing the Freedom Riders for the sole reason of keeping them out of harms way. He preferred that the movement would focus more on voting issues instead of causing violence.

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
  

Mitch Marotti research on Ku Klux Klan

A relevant photo

The Ku Klux Klan started in 1886. This group was all created by a court case in the decision on the school court case Brown vs. Board of Education.  The group struggled the opposition of blacks, and Jews. All of the members of this clan must be 100 percent white. Their purpose of this clan was to re-nite and to defend the white race from other races in America found during this time of period. another of there goal was to kept other people acts of violence to focused on African Americans and Jews. They also hurt a lot of people and this resulted in violence. There was a lot of people focused in this group only whites.

Two specific details that I found from some research were very interesting.  One of the interesting things of reasearch that I found where that the Ku Klux Klan is still around today in very small groups not large groups. Another interesting fact that I found was that you have to be all white to be in this group. There can both be men and women in this group. The value that this subject has is that many people were killed or hurt form what they believe in. My parents taught me to stand up for what you believe in and this is what they did.

 

 

A picture of the Ku Klux Klan

A Link that I found the best source to the subject that I found http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint/touchstone/KKK-Fisher.htm