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Chapter9SocialMovementsin1960s

FocalPointsinthisTopic（重点的知识点）

1.Greensborosit-in

2.TheCivilRightsMovement

3.MartinLutherKing,jr.

4.TheAnti-warMovement

5.FreeSpeechMovement

6.TheCounterCulture

7.WomensLiberationMovement

I.Briefintroduction

Q:Whatisasocialmovement?

Definition

asocialmovement

tochangeexistinginstitutionsandestablishaneworderoflife.

Twobasiccharacteristicsofallsocialmovements:structure(有组织)andspontaneity(自发

性)structure

Structuremeansorganizations

Spontaneityreferstothespontaneousactions

Necessarypartsofasocialmovement：

•ideasforsocialchanges

•collectiveactiontomakethechange

•organizationtodirecttheactionandattractsupporters

SocialMovementsofthe1960sinAmericaincludes:

theyouthanti-warmovement

thecivilrightsmovement

theyouthmovement

theanti-warmovement

thewomen’sliberationmovement

ThehistoricalbackgroundoftheAmericansocialmovementsofthe1960s

•1.WW2KoreanWar(thedefeatofUSinKoreanWar)

2.Hardtimesofdepressionof1930s

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美国梦(用此流行语以强调所谓民主、平等和自由等美国的立国理想)

3.AmericanDream

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4.Afro-Americans,youngpeopleandwomenweredissatisfiedwiththeirlives.

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AmericanNegroesexperienceddifferentlivesintheSouthandoutsidetheSouthofAmerica

WomenexperienceddifferentlivesduringandafterWorldWarII

YoungpeopleresentedtraditionalwhitemalevaluesinUSsociety

II.Thecivilrightsmovement

Reasons:

mixedracemarriagesforbidden

blackpeoplehavenorighttovote

protestedsegregationlaws种族分离(separationofblacksandwhites)：inshops,restaurants,

hospitals,buses/trains,schools.

Racialdiscrimination

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CivilRightsMovement(黑人民权运动),

variousprotestsagainstRacialdiscriminationandracialsegreg