CIVIL+RIGHTSBROOKEISGAY

Civil Rights

President Johnson signed the voting Rights Act, riot begins to form in Watts, an African American neighborhood in Los Angeles. It took 6 days to get everything back into order and calmed down. This riot killed 34 people and injured approx. 900 others. Riots broke out constantly, eventually U.S. Tanks and Soldiers are sent in. Kerner Commision, blamed racism for most of the problems and conflicts happening. "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white -- seperate but unequal". -- idk

Dr. King talked mostly about what African Americans faced in Chicago. Dr. King and Mayor Richard J. Daley met up and proposed for a new program to clean things up. Many African Americans started to look the other way when they realized nothing much was changing.

// **- Physical Defense - Violence - African Americans should control Social, Political, and Economic Struggles.** //
 * BLACK POWER** = __MaNyy MeaNiiNGz__

Black Power had different styles; new Afro Hairstyles, African Style Clothing, African Names, Philosophy of hopofulness and despair.

April 4, 1968 King assassinated by a sniper. "I've been to the mountain top... I've looked over and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as [people] will get to the Promise Land". -- Martin Luther King Jr.