In the 1940’s , the prologue to the Civil Rights Movement began in Detroit with the thousands of black migrants . Jobs in the auto industry gave blacks an opportunity for work but not equal opportunity in economics . Racial tensions began in Detroit over jobs and use of public spaces . When Pearl Harbor was attacked , the industry in autos began making more bombs than cars and blacks were integrated because of the war efforts . A race war erupted in 1943 , rioting broke out with whites beating up blacks in Detroit neighborhoods . By the the time it ended , 24 blacks were dead and more than half were killed by Detroit police . When the smoke cleared , blacks then prepared for a new battle . Blacks saw an opportunity by fighting in WW2 in return
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48 million people watched the entire event unfold . Dr King then appealed to people of faith across the nation and they supported him in Selma as well . The South became a national embarrassment to the nation wanting to be the base of democracy . March 1965 , President Johnson shocked the nation by using the phrase “ We shall Overcome ” in his speech . Few months later , he signed the nation’s first voting rights act . It was the high water mark of a decade of struggle . The south still made it hard for blacks to vote , June 1966 , James Meredith staged a solo march to draw attention to the oppression . 2 days into his march , he crossed the Mississippi line and was shot and wounded . MLK teamed up with SNCC and it’s lead Stokely Carmichael . People began to wonder if he would keep his non violent ways . Stokely then gained his stardom by not agreeing with it , thinking that the Civil Rights movement hasn’t gone far enough and wanting more . Stokley gives a speech . Wanting . Black power . By the next morning , the entire nation is talking about black power . In 1968 , the tragic blow to nonviolence and in specific , it’s leader happened . Martin Luther King was killed …. His death would trigger a stronger rage , black resistance would take a new
48 million people watched the entire event unfold . Dr King then appealed to people of faith across the nation and they supported him in Selma as well . The South became a national embarrassment to the nation wanting to be the base of democracy . March 1965 , President Johnson shocked the nation by using the phrase “ We shall Overcome ” in his speech . Few months later , he signed the nation’s first voting rights act . It was the high water mark of a decade of struggle . The south still made it hard for blacks to vote , June 1966 , James Meredith staged a solo march to draw attention to the oppression . 2 days into his march , he crossed the Mississippi line and was shot and wounded . MLK teamed up with SNCC and it’s lead Stokely Carmichael . People began to wonder if he would keep his non violent ways . Stokely then gained his stardom by not agreeing with it , thinking that the Civil Rights movement hasn’t gone far enough and wanting more . Stokley gives a speech . Wanting . Black power . By the next morning , the entire nation is talking about black power . In 1968 , the tragic blow to nonviolence and in specific , it’s leader happened . Martin Luther King was killed …. His death would trigger a stronger rage , black resistance would take a new