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Civil Rights Leaders and Organizations: A Historic Overview

Explore the key civil rights organizations and leaders of the 20th century, from grassroots activists to influential figures like W.E.B. DuBois and MLK. Learn how groups like the NAACP, National Urban League, CORE, SCLC, and SNCC made a profound impact on social justice. Discover the strategies, challenges, and triumphs faced by these pioneers on the front lines of the fight against racial injustice.

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Civil Rights Leaders and Organizations: A Historic Overview

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  1. Chapter 21, Section 2 Leaders and Strategies

  2. Setting the Scene • Organization, strong commitment

  3. Laying the Groundwork • Ordinary citizens battling racial injustice • No central organization • Many groups • Own priorities • Own strategies • Own ways of operating

  4. NAACP • One of the oldest civil rights organizations • Interracial • Formed in 1909 • W.E.B DuBois • Founding member • 1920s and 1930s • Lynching • Only appealed to: • Educated African Americans • Middle and Upper Class • Liberal white Americans

  5. National Urban League • Took on economic issues • Founded in 1911 • Helped those moving out of the South • Education and skills

  6. CORE • Founded in 1921 • Congress of Racial Equality • Interracial • WWII • James Farmer • Director of CORE • Became a national organization

  7. Nonviolence • Increased violence toward African Americans • New leaders in civil rights preached a philosophy of nonviolence

  8. SCLC • Formed in 1957 • Southern Christian Leadership Conference • Advocated nonviolent protest • Shifting to the South

  9. Dr. King Leads the Way • Leader and symbol for civil rights • Influenced by Gandhi • Leader in India • Preached nonviolence • Henry David Thoreau • Civil disobedience • MLK as a teacher

  10. SNCC • Formed in 1960 • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee • Bigger voice for young African Americans

  11. Robert Moses • Leader of the SNCC • More soft-spoken • SNCC became a powerful force

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