Black Civil Rights Movement During 1965-197

Black Civil Rights Movement During 1965-197

There were a number of new issues that emerged for the civil rights movement during 1965 to 1970. These issues included poverty, voting rights, the frustration of blacks with the slow progress of the movement and housing discrimination especially in the North of America. During 1965 to 1970, black leaders – both conservative and radical – responded to these issues in a number of ways. Responses to these issues included the forming of black separatist groups, voter registration campaigns and campaigns to get rid of poverty and discrimination.

A new issue that had come about for the civil rights movement in the period 1965 to 1970 was voting rights. Although blacks had been given the right to vote since 1867, they were often terrorised and intimidated by whites if they dared to. This would have contributed greatly to blacks not bothering to register to vote. Blacks had also been forced to do things like literacy tests (which they would fail) before they could become registered voters in a bid to prevent them from voting. By 1965, very few blacks were still not enrolled to vote and this was evident in a lot of places in the South, such as Selma, Alabama, where only 350 blacks were registered voters. However, the voting rights of blacks had become an important and new issue because many black civil rights leaders realised the significance of blacks voting to get their own people into positions of authority and create more progress for blacks in America.

Another problem that emerged for the civil rights movement during 1965 to 1970 was housing discrimination. This issue was quite common in Northern cities such as Chicago, where blacks were made to live apart from whites and live in the poorer parts of cities called ghettos. This was obviously a problem because blacks were being made to feel inferior to whites in housing and from the ghettos came an increase in frustration, which led to more violence and crime. This was a new issue for the civil rights...

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