Problem
I. Explain Martin Luther King Jr's principal of nonviolent civil disobedience. What was the origin of the practice. What were the tactics and what outcome did it hope to achieve?
II. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) both practiced non-violent peaceful protests, yet the two organizations were quite different. Explain the difference by providing some specific examples from the video.
III. What impact did the Brown v. Board of Education decision have on schools across the South? How did this decision, and the reaction to it in the South, create momentum for the civil rights movement?
IV. Explain Malcolm X's philosophy of armed self-defense? Why did this appeal to so many blacks in the North? How were the goals of activist in the north different than those in the South?
V. How does Malcolm X's language and outlook in the Ballot or the Bullet speech differ from that of Martin Luther King? Why did he believe that the civil rights movement need a "new interpretation"?