The American Civil Rights Movement was about a 13 year movement to end racial segregation and discrimination mainly against black people. The main goal was to end segregation and to restore suffrage in the Southern states. Numerous boycotts and sit-ins took place throughout the country. For example, the Montgomery bus boycott, the Greensboro Sit-ins, the Freedom rides, and the March on Washington were all famous protests by African Americans. Prominant leaders during this time were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, W.E.B. DuBois, Rosa Parks, Coretta King, and Ezell A. Blair Jr. This period showed the same racial pride that the Harlem Renaissance did, however it didn't celebrate the pride but it tried to earn equality. Famous writers, musicians, and artists included; Lorraine Hansberry, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Chester Hines, Charles Wilbert Wright, Robert Colescott, Romare Bearden, John Coltrane, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, and even the white folk rocker Bob Dylan.
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I like your stuff about the response to Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" and your graphics are very interesting...good blog :)
~Pamela Harrison
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