The civil rights movement

How did the fight for rights begin?: Blacks should not agitate for civil rights / Booker T. Washington

Blacks should agitate for civil rights / W.E.B. Du Bois

Booker T. Washington's leadership was flawed / Martin Kilson

Booker T. Washington's leadership was effective / Adam Fairclough

Civil rights can be secured through mass action / Philip Randolph

Civil rights can be secured through legal action / Thurgood Marshall

Segregation or integration?: segregation is morally wrong / Thurgood Marshall

Segregation is necessary / James Jackson Kilpatrick

School segregation is unconstitutional / Earl Warren

The government should not interfere in school segregation / Southern Manifesto

Brown v. Board of Education boosted civil rights / Julius L. Chambers

Brown v. Board of Education failed to promote civil rights / Louis Anthes

What were the strategies of the civil rights movement ?: federal legislation will strengthen civil rights / John F. Kennedy

Federal civil rights legislation in inadequate / James Farmer

Blacks must employ nonviolent resistance / Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonviolent resistance is not enough / Malcolm X

Blacks should strive for Black power / Stokely Carmichael

Black power is ineffective / Kenneth Clark

King's protest campaigns had a limited impact on civil rights / Denton L. Watson

King's protest campaigns bolstered civil rights / Adam Mack

Who played the most important role in the civil rights movement?: national leaders played the most important role in the civil rights movement / Steven F. Lawson

Grassroots organizers played the most important role in the civil rights movement / David J. Garrow.