Documents
from
the
Civil
Rights
Movement
Reviewing
the
Civil
Rights
Movement
Through
Facts,
Figures,
and
Opinions
What
does
historical
evidence
reveal
about
the
goals
and
strategies
of
the
civil
rights
movement?
How
can
support
for
this
movement
be
assessed?
For
this
assignment,
you
will
analyze
eight
sources
of
historical
evidence
relating
to
the
civil
rights
movement
on
the
AP
U.S.
History
Research
Library.
You
will
then
write
an
essay
analyzing
the
goals
and
strategies
of
the
movement
as
a
whole.
Research
Library
Documents:
These
documents
can
all
be
found
under
the
period
1945
-
1980:
America
in
the
Age
of
Liberalism.
"Student
Nonviolent
Coordinating
Committee
Statement
of
Purpose”
»
Photo
of
Police
Behavior
in
Birmingham
»
Statement
by
Walter
Gadsden
*
President
John
F.
Kennedy,
"Radio
and
Television
Report
to
the
American
People
on
Civil
Rights"
»
Stokely
Carmichael,
"What
We
Want"
»
"Statement
by
the
Minister
of
Defense
of
the
Black
Panthers”
»
"Estimated
Percentage
of
Voting-Age
African
Americans
Registered
in
1960
and
1971"
