Race relations from 1954 to 1965.

The task at hand is to execute a work of analysis relying on historical sources relevant to race relations from 1954 to 1965. Explore one or more of the following themes using two or more of the following sources.

Themes:

Law

Order

Politics and Voting

History

Region

Violence

Religion

Foreign Policy/Cold War

Sources:

Brown v. Board of Education, majority opinion, May 1954

The Southern Manifesto, March 12, 1956

Dwight Eisenhower, Speech on disturbances in Little Rock, September 24, 1957

Martin Luther King, Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963

John F. Kennedy, Civil Rights Address, June 11, 1963

Malcolm X, Ballot or the Bullet Speech, April 3 (Cleveland) and/or April 12 (Detroit), 1964

Barry Goldwater, Acceptance Speech, Republican Convention, July 16, 1964

Fannie Lou Hamer, Testimony before Democratic Convention Credentials Committee, August 22, 1964

Lyndon Johnson, Address to Congress, March 15, 1965

Phone Conversation Between Martin Luther King and Lyndon Johnson discussing Watts Riots, August 20, 1965

Brown v. Board of Ed opinion

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/347/483

Brown II opinion

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/349/294/

The Southern Manifesto

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/marshall/manifesto.html

Eisenhower on Little Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzT5v_ICU6I

John F. Kennedy Civil Rights Speech

https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/june-11-1963-address-civil-rights

MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail

https://swap.stanford.edu/20141218230016/http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/kingweb/popular%5Frequests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

Goldwater Convention Speech

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/may98/goldwaterspeech.htm

Fannie Lou Hamer Testimony

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/flhamer.html

Malcolm X the Ballot or the Bullet

April 12, Detroit

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/mx.html

April 3 Cleveland

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~public/civilrights/a0146.html

LBJ Speech to Congress on Voting Rights

https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-15-1965-speech-congress-voting-rights

LBJ and MLK discussing Watts on the phone

Sample Solution