American Revolutionary: Making Change: Revolutionary Tactics of the Civil Rights Movement

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Classroom Material
Keywords
Civil Rights Martin Luther King Malcolm X African American Civil Rights Movement protests non-violence Black Nationalism racism segregation desegregation discrimination activism
Subjects
English-Language Arts History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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American Revolutionary: Making Change: Revolutionary Tactics of the Civil Rights Movement

In this lesson, students will consider competing strategies used by civil rights leaders in the 1960s and look at tensions between supporters of Malcolm X's Black Nationalism and supporters of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy of non-violent resistance. They'll examine this era through the eyes of radical philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs, whose ideas about activism and strategies for change evolved as her understanding of the nature of revolution deepened.

Video clips provided with this lesson are from American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs.

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