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African Americans Seek Greater Equality
-In 1965, New leaders emerged as the movement turned its attention to the where African Americans faced not legal segregation but

Define
De Facto Segregation -

De Jure Segregation -

- can be harder to fight because eliminating it requires changing people’s rather than repealing laws. It was much more difficult to convince

New Leaders Voice Discontent

, born Malcolm Little, went to jail at age 20 for burglary. While in prison, he studied the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the head of the (or the Black Muslims). As he gained a following, he openly preached Elijah Muhammad’s views that whites were the cause of the black condition and that blacks should.

“Concerning nonviolence: It is criminal to teach a man not to himself when he is the constant victim of . It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun or a . We believe in obeying the law… The time has come for the American Negro to fight back in whenever and wherever he is being unjustly and unlawfully attacked.”

“I have prayed…. With a fellow whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white.” When he returned to the United States, his attitude toward had changed radically.

On February 21, 1965, while giving a speech in Harlem, the 39 year old Malcolm X was .

1968 - A Turning Point in Civil Rights

Martin Luther King Jr. objected to the movement. He believed that preaching could only end in grief.
Dr. King seemed to sense that death was near. On , he addressed a crowd in Memphis:
“I may not get there with you but… we as a people will get to the ”. “I’m not fearing any . Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”

Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

Kerner Commission - The report called for the nation to , , and in order to wipe out the destructive ghetto environment. However, the Johnson administration ignored many of the recommendations because of white opposition to such sweeping changes.

Civil Rights Act of 1968 - ended discrimination in .

Another accomplishment of the civil rights movement was to give African Americans greater in their racial .

To help equalize education and job opportunities, the government in the 1960s began to promote . These programs involved making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination.