Civil Rights
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was a struggle for social justice for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States and redress longstanding economic and social inequities.
In 1960 the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded by Ella Baker a seasoned organizer and mentor to the youth-run civil rights organization. SNCC focused on voter registration and on mounting a systemic challenge to the white supremacy that governed the country’s entrenched political, economic and social structures.
The Black Panther Party was founded by college students Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California and was active from 1966 to 1982. At its height, it had 2,000 members in chapters across the United States. It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality. The party also offered social programs were also developed and included Free Breakfast for Children, education programs, and community health clinics. The organization grew out of the Black Power movement, which broke from the integrationist goals and nonviolent protest tactics of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carson, Clayborne. In Struggle : SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1981. Print.Call Number: 323.1 C321I, John T. Richardson LibraryISBN: 9780674447257
Lyon, Danny., and Julian Bond. Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 2010. Print.Call Number: 323.0975 L9911M, John T. Richardson LibraryISBN: 9781931885881
Lewis, John, and Michael D’Orso. Walking with the Wind : a Memoir of the Movement. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1998.Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9780684810652
Murphree, Vanessa. The Selling of Civil Rights : the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Use of Public Relations. New York: Routledge, 2006. Print.Call Number: 323.1196073 M978s2006, John T. Richardson LibraryISBN: 0415978890
Hampton, Henry et al. Eyes on the Prize. Alexandria, Va: PBS Video, 2006. Film.Call Number: Lincoln Park Videos (2nd floor) ; DVD. 323.4 E97h2006, John T. Richardson LibraryISBN: 9780793692620
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