How Did The Civil Rights Movement Become Fragmented
Why had the civil rights movement become so fragmented
By 1966?
By 1966, king had moved the fight to the north resulting in separation and fragmentation across the civil rights movement. Prior to 1966, the ideals of the civil rights movement were very similar. Groups such as the NAACP, SLCC and CORE were now collaborating. A great example of this was in 1963 with the march on Washington, a unification of groups that resulted in 250,000 people coming together to show support for a civil rights act. Following kings decision to focus on the northern urban areas, the movement split into factions. Radicals like Malcolm X began to emerge, and differentiation in protest styles began to develop. In this essay I will cover the different reasons for fragmentation, I will conclude …show more content…
His Christian roots and peaceful upbringing influenced his tactics; a preference to peaceful protests was seen. Later tried and tested, king decided these were the most effective. After 1965, the movement progressed north. Peaceful protests yielded less success and king was beginning to lose his key to success, support. Malcolm X was then seen as a new leader to look to, promoting self-defence and black power, the fresh new alternative created an appeal to the civil rights activists in the south. Their contrast in ideology led to tension between groups. The SNCC turned to Malcolm X and many more followed suite. Malcolm X showed a totally different approach to civil rights. The groups that supported him began to become more radical, undermining the entire work king had done for peace. Ideas were circulated to challenge the US government, and kings’ support still fell. Following more radical groups beginning to grow like the “black panthers” that used Malcolm X and his ideas to grow their support. As a result of rising tension, the civil rights movement had now split into two main groups, violent and
By 1966?
By 1966, king had moved the fight to the north resulting in separation and fragmentation across the civil rights movement. Prior to 1966, the ideals of the civil rights movement were very similar. Groups such as the NAACP, SLCC and CORE were now collaborating. A great example of this was in 1963 with the march on Washington, a unification of groups that resulted in 250,000 people coming together to show support for a civil rights act. Following kings decision to focus on the northern urban areas, the movement split into factions. Radicals like Malcolm X began to emerge, and differentiation in protest styles began to develop. In this essay I will cover the different reasons for fragmentation, I will conclude …show more content…
His Christian roots and peaceful upbringing influenced his tactics; a preference to peaceful protests was seen. Later tried and tested, king decided these were the most effective. After 1965, the movement progressed north. Peaceful protests yielded less success and king was beginning to lose his key to success, support. Malcolm X was then seen as a new leader to look to, promoting self-defence and black power, the fresh new alternative created an appeal to the civil rights activists in the south. Their contrast in ideology led to tension between groups. The SNCC turned to Malcolm X and many more followed suite. Malcolm X showed a totally different approach to civil rights. The groups that supported him began to become more radical, undermining the entire work king had done for peace. Ideas were circulated to challenge the US government, and kings’ support still fell. Following more radical groups beginning to grow like the “black panthers” that used Malcolm X and his ideas to grow their support. As a result of rising tension, the civil rights movement had now split into two main groups, violent and