Movements and Debates

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Alliance for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Civil Progress

National Association for the Advancement of Cultural Pride

Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael

Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin

Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer

Medgar Evers and Thurgood Marshall

Using violence to resist unjust laws

Refusing to comply with laws as a form of protest

Lobbying legislators to change discriminatory laws

Filing lawsuits to challenge the constitutionality of laws

Armed resistance

Sit-ins

Property destruction

Rioting

It had no significant impact on public opinion.

It led to increased support for segregation.

The televised violence against child protesters shocked the nation and increased support for the Civil Rights Movement.

It decreased youth involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.

To promote segregation and voter suppression

To address racial violence and voter suppression in Mississippi

To discourage civic engagement and Black history education

To support the Ku Klux Klan

Limited violence and increased voter registration, leading to decreased support for the movement

Widespread support and immediate legislative change, resulting in full equality

Significant violence, including the murder of activists, but also increased awareness and the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Lack of participation and minimal impact on voter registration or political change

The activists were met with open arms and their efforts were immediately successful

SCLC

CORE

NAACP

SNCC

To protest the Vietnam War

To advocate for women's suffrage

To highlight economic inequality and racial injustice

To celebrate the end of segregation

It had no impact on employment opportunities.

It outlawed discriminatory practices in employment.

It promoted segregation in the workplace.

It only affected employment in the public sector.