Civil Rights Movement

Power Point Lecture: Link

Our lecture Class Notes on the 1950s, discussed how the end of WW II and the Brown decision impacted the lives of African Americans and our nation's discussion about segregation.

1. 1955---Emmet Till

2. 1955--Montgomery Bus Boycott

A. Rosa Parks

B. SCLC and Martin Luther King

C. Bus Boycott and Civil Disobedience

D. Role of TV

E. NAACP Lawsuit

3. Birmingham, AL--1963

Watch Eyes on the Prize: Link

-----Be sure to note the tactics used by SCLC

4. Civil Rights Acts of 1964 & 1965

Cold War in the 1960s

Watch: Cuba in the Cold War: Link

1. Bay of Pigs--April, 1961

A. Rise of Fidel Castro in 1959

B. CIA trained insurgents invade Cuba---failed

2. Berlin Wall--August, 1961

3. Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962

A. Soviet missiles being sent to Cuba

B. Blockade

C. Deal reached

4. Vietnam War

Power Point Lecture on Vietnam: Link

---------1950s, the Vietnamese kick out French colonizers

-------Vietnam is "temporarily" divided between North and South

---------------------North Vietnam lead by communists, allied with China

---------------------South Vietnam lead by western capitalist, allied with U.S.

--------Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 increase U.S. involvement

-------U.S. not ready to fight a guerrilla war----"The Credibility Gap"

Watch this video: Link

----The U.S. is divided over the War in Vietnam

--------------Watch this video: Link

Social Movements in the 1960s: Link