Professor taylor focuses on the 1954 u. S. Supreme Court Decision in brown v. Board of education, the integration of a high school in little rock, arkansas, and the 1960 sit in at a lunch counter in greensboro, North Carolina. Folks, welcome to this class in africanAmerican History. Were going Movement Origin our discussion of the Civil Rights Movement tonight. For those of you in this room who know who i am, but for others im Quintard Taylor and im a professor of history, American History at the university of washington. Ok, well get started. Last time last week we talked about world war ii and one of the things that i tried to emphasize was the fact that ordinary people were becoming much more militants or militant or aggressive in defending their civil rights. Im going to continue that theme tonight and, indeed, i think its even more so the case in the 1950s and 1960s that ordinary people became the engines of the Civil Rights Movement. We tend to think about the Civil Rights Moveme
Protest next months president ial election there theyre calling it a sham and they keeping the man known as europes last dictator in college. And the coronavirus continues to ravage croatias Tourism Industry the dramatic drop in florida rivals has left many in this key sector fearing for their livelihoods. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today the polish president on jay duda has 51. 2 percent over his rival the liberal warsaw there off just coffee the result is a win for polands ruling National Conservative long Justice Party it has avoided a scenario in which an opposition president would be able to veto legislation approved in park. Well with the final result looking now pretty much confirmed lets go straight to warsaw monica. Polish bureau good morning to you monica were now hearing that we have some near final results and that they show that the incumbent has won is that the case well and what would that mean for poll. But these are not the official results yet but we ha
Emphasize was the fact that ordinary people were becoming much more militant and aggressive in defending their civil rights. Im going to continue that theme tonight and, indeed, i think its even more so the case in the 1950s and 1960s that ordinary people became the engines of the Civil Rights Movement. We tend to think about the Civil Rights Movement as Martin Luther king, jr. , fanny hammer and largerthanlife figures. The Civil Rights Movement was made up by ordinary people including and youll find out tonight a lot of College Students. A lot of College Students. In fact, in some ways the driving force of the Civil Rights Movement came from people who were probably no older than you in this room. I want you to remember that. College students were the main force in terms of the Civil Rights Movement. Okay. I want us to keep that in mind when we talk of the evolution of this movement. Ill begin the lecture by discussing the decade of the 1950s because the 1950s really provide, i think,
Were going Movement Origin our discussion of the Civil Rights Movement tonight. For those of you, those of you in this room know who i am but for others im Quintard Taylor and im a professor of history, American History at the university of washington. Ok, well get started. Last time last week we talked about world war ii and one of the things that i tried to emphasize was the fact that ordinary people were becoming much more militant and aggressive in defending their civil rights. Im going to continue that theme tonight and, indeed, i think its even more so the case in the 1950s and 1960s that ordinary people became the engines of the Civil Rights Movement. We tend to think about the Civil Rights Movement as Martin Luther king, jr. , fanny hammer and largerthanlife figures. The Civil Rights Movement was made up by ordinary people including and youll find out tonight a lot of college students. A lot of college students. In fact, in some ways the driving force of the Civil Rights Moveme
Migrants stuck in limbo on the mediterranean are told they can find. Good happy with its south africa has reported a sharp rise in the number of corona virus infections nearly 11000 new cases were reported on saturday the countrys biggest increase in a single day since the start of the pandemic the government is urging people to respect social distancing and other measures to halt the spread of the virus but as. Reports from cape town thats proving difficult for some communities. Cape town one of the a. P. Centers of the coronavirus pandemic in south africa but theres little evidence of it in the few of the mandates to wear a mask and social distancing is unusual. You see. So in that me no im not because i. Understand so im so used so im not scared because were going to but over crowded neighborhoods is just where the virus is rapidly spreading many people here feel the economic fallout of the pandemic is a greater threat than the disease itself thats why a covert 19 mission from the H