Modern America

Your task for each week’s discussion is to read all required resources. You must then respond to ONE of the questions. This is called your INITIAL POST. Click the blue Start a New Thread button to post your response. Your Initial Post is due by the fourth day of the academic week at 11:59 pm ET. Your Initial Post is worth 30 points and should be 250 words in length, which is equal to about 1 page of double-spaced writing in Arial, Calibri, or Times New Roman 12 point font in a Word document.

Week 4 Questions?

1. How did the African American civil rights movement evolve in the late 50s and early 60s? What successes and setbacks did the movement encounter? Why?

SOURCES

Make sure to reference two of these sources!

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/radio-and-television-report-the-nation-the-situation-the-university-mississippi

https://www.sageamericanhistory.net/postww2domestic/documents/KingDream.htm

https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/dam/course-content/tus/hist/hist-365/document/Civil%20Rights%20Act%20of%201964.pdf

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/radio-and-television-remarks-upon-signing-the-civil-rights-bill

https://www.sageamericanhistory.net/postww2domestic/documents/KingBirmJ.htm

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-university-michigan

https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/dam/course-content/tus/hist/hist-365/document/The%20Modern%20Civil%20Rights%20Movement.pdf