The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: Black Communities Organizing for ChangeAn account of the origins, development, and personalities of the Civil Rights movement from 1953-1963. |
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Page 123
... involvement . Dr. King was well aware that the NAACP's legal approach discouraged mass participation when he wrote , " when legal contests were the sole form of activity . . . the ordinary Negro was involved as a passive spec- tator ...
... involvement . Dr. King was well aware that the NAACP's legal approach discouraged mass participation when he wrote , " when legal contests were the sole form of activity . . . the ordinary Negro was involved as a passive spec- tator ...
Page 234
... involved in providing le- gal services and financing . After the Freedom Rides small teams of SNCC activists were ... involved in doing it , rather than sitting back waiting till the field secretaries of an organization or a lawyer does ...
... involved in providing le- gal services and financing . After the Freedom Rides small teams of SNCC activists were ... involved in doing it , rather than sitting back waiting till the field secretaries of an organization or a lawyer does ...
Page 238
... involved , you know , in their own minds and real- izing that , hey , I don't have to leave the running of the town and that of the education system to the white folks downtown , that I can raise questions , I can be involved . " 31 She ...
... involved , you know , in their own minds and real- izing that , hey , I don't have to leave the running of the town and that of the education system to the white folks downtown , that I can raise questions , I can be involved . " 31 She ...
Contents
Domination Church and the NAACP | 1 |
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR 40 | 40 |
Copyright | |
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