1960's Movement

The 1960’s were probably the most crucial year for the Black Rebellion. The year of 1963 saw protests in 115 cities across 11 states. More than 20,000 people were arrested, ten protesters had lost their lives and thousands more were injured. After a powerful and intense battle that was a victory against segregation in Alabama. As the year came to a climax in a massive march of 250,000 on Washington to force President John F. Kennedy to pass a New Civil Rights Act, which was at a far greater scale and content than past legislations. The march on Washington was considered to be the largest demonstration in Africa-American History. This mobilization was a great achievement for the movement, but that very success brought up questions about what had been achieved so far and how to take the fight against the struggle further. The movement had been successful in eliminating some of the most conspicuous forms of segregation in transportation, at lunch counters, and in many public facilities. Although in other areas that were majority black, these issues actually got worse. More African Americans were in segregated schools in 1964 than in 1954! When it came to unemployment and housing had become increasingly …show more content…
When Black men realized their full weight n society, their dignity, their beauty and power.” King then on the other hand observes: “There are positive aspects of Black Power, which are compatible with what we have sought to do in the civil rights movement” but “its negative values prevent it from having the substance and program to become the basic strategy of the civil rights movement. Beneath all the satisfaction of a gratifying slogan, Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro cannot