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
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,
At 6 40 p. M. Well have pretty good conditions for the tailgaters, enjoy that, as youre heading out for the big game on sunday. Well have partly cloudy skies, winds dont look to be a problem. 3 to 6 miles per hour. 6 00 p. M. , 46 degrees dropping down to 42 at 10 00. Temperatures in the afternoon ten degrees above average, not bad at all for the big game on sunday. Prior to that we have cool air out there, right now. Satellite and radar showing nice, clear skies, well see nothing but sunshine today, looking at the numbers, 26 degrees currently in the city. 9 in allentown. 16 in millville. 22 degrees in atlantic city, so its still cold with temperatures mostly in the 20s as youre starting your day today. In the Lehigh Valley colder than that. This afternoon not as cold as its been. 43 degrees, a good amount of sunshine. 7 00 a. M. , 25. Lunchtime, 38. 3 00 p. M. , 42 degrees, 5 00 p. M. , 40. 7 00 p. M. , coming down from the high 37 degrees matt, so cold to start, decent finish, big w
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