Lecture_10_Social_Movement2.pptVIP

Social Movements in 1960s Focus points 1.Greensboro sit-in2.The Civil Rights Movement3.Martin Luther King, jr.4.The Anti-war Movement5.Free Speech Movement6.The Counter Culture7.Womens Liberation Movement Civil Rights Movement Background WW2 Korean War Hard times of depression of 1930s - Protect their family by working hard for long hours - Wives stay in homes in the suburbs and raise children. American Dream Afro-Americans Young people Women Civil Rights Movement National campaign by African-Americans for equal rights in the 1950s and 1960s. boycotts (refusals to buy particular products), sit-in (quite sit down as demonstrations) the actions of freedom riders, in 1963 a march to Washington led by Martin Luther King. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Deep South The Deep South states are marked with green. Once had slaves and left the Union during the Civil War. They still have racial problems and the people there are mostly conservative in their politics and religion. I. Background of the Civil Rights Movement Greensboro Sit-in (格林斯博罗静坐) On February 1, 1960, 4 freshmen from a black college in Greensboro, North Carolina (北卡罗莱纳州), sat down at a department lunch counter and ordered coffee. When refused, they continued to sit at the counter, openly defying the segregation law prevailing in the state. The next day, more students joined them. Thus began the civil rights movement ,which spread from the south to the north. This quiet sit-in became the major nonviolent direct action tactics to be used by black civil rights activists.  The civil rights movement, and the youth anti-war, and the womens liberation movements had long roots in United States history. (黑人民权运动,青年反战运动以及妇女解放运动都深深地植根于美国历史之中) II. Definition a social movement : a type of behavior in which a large number of participants consciously attempt to change existing institutions and establish a new order of life. Two basic characteristics of all social movements: