Many Americans think that the Civil Rights movement began in 1955 with Rosa Parks and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Historians would tell a broader story that begins in 1941 and extends into the early 1970s, a story that eventually inspires parallel movements seeking rights for other segments of the US population. Write an essay that presents this larger conception of civil rights. Understand the diversity and complexity of social protest movements in the US, 1941 to 1973. Use evidence to support historical arguments. Understand chronology and causation. Boyer, P. S., Clark, C. E., Halttunen, K., Kett, J. F., Salisbury, N., & Sitkoff et al, H. (2014). The Enduring Vision, A History of the American People Volume II: Since 1865 (8th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
