Ch 21-Sec 5 Questions

Ch 21 section 5

1.   Would you have followed Martin Luther King, Jr. or one of the more militant leaders (such as Malcom X, Stokely Carmichael, and so forth)? Explain your answer.

2.   Write short diary entries about the riots of Harlem, Watts, Cleveland, Chicago, Newark, or Detroit from the point of view of all of the following people:

a.   A looter

b.   A white store owner

c.   A person who lives in the neighborhood

3.   How did Malcom X’s views change after his pilgrimage in 1964?

4.   What efforts did the Black Panthers make to improve the quality of life in black communities?

5.   What effect did the murders or Martin Luther King, Jr and Robert Kennedy have on people in America?

6.   How did Black Nationalism reflect a change from the early days of the civil rights movement?

7.   How did the Black Panthers reflect Stokely Carmichael’s idea of black power?

8.   Black nationalists believed that African Americans should establish separate communities.  Write a paragraph defending or opposing this position.