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Lasting ImpactsU.S. History
After Dr. KingAfter the death of MLK Jr., protest movements began to die down
The Movement had made many significant gains by this time
However, racism and the social and economic gap between blacks and whites still exists
Radicalism Affects the Movement
Incidents of violence between whites and blacks continued to erupt in prisons, in public arenas, and on college campuses
Declined in frequency by the early 1970s
Civil rights activists then focused on integrating schools by busing mostly black students into higher-quality schools in white neighborhoods
By 1974, over 75 percent of black students in the South were enrolled in integrated schools
Movement’s GainsMade segregation illegal
Knocked down voting barriers
Increased African American political participation
African American poverty rates fell and median incomes rose
Increased number of African Americans graduating high school
Thurgood Marshall is the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Fair Housing Act- 1968- eliminated discrimination in housing
Controversial Issues Remain
Affirmative Action
Federal Power vs. States’ Rights
Music of the Movement
U.S. History
Pre- Civil WarTypically religious music
Example: Wade in the Wateroriginally a gospel song with masked instructions on how to run away
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot gospel song that masked references to the Underground Railroad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oFcFzJT7Tw
Post – Reconstruction
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs
Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Music of the Movement
Go Tell It On the Mountain Replaced “That Jesus Christ is Born” with “To set me people free”
A Change is Gonna ComeSam Cooke
We Shall Not Be MovedMavis Staple
Post- Civil Rights Movement
“I Know Where I’ve Been” – Hairspray the Musical (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLwSg2b6NQk&feature=kp
“Black or White”- Michael Jackson (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FbkTX2bnis
“One Tribe”- Black Eyed Peas (2009)- 1:12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpVVSPv1G34
Let it Be- The Beatles, Across the Universe Version- :30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ahe5IDVbzg