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Review the Civil Rights Movement for APUSH Unit 8 with this complete guide covering MLK, Malcolm X, landmark legislation, and social change from the 1940s-1970s. Perfect for AP US History exam prep. This video walks through the major civil rights mo ...more

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units
Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980
topics
8.6 Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)8.10 The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)8.11 The Expansion of the Civil Rights Movement

timestamps

  • 0:00

    Q&A Session

  • 0:31

    MLK vs Malcolm X

  • 1:34

    MLK and Integration

  • 2:38

    Non-Violence Methods

  • 3:39

    I Have a Dream Speech

  • 5:46

    Malcolm X Nationalism

  • 7:49

    Nation of Islam

  • 9:54

    Self-Defense Approach

  • 12:33

    Ballot or Bullet Speech

  • 15:39

    Assessing Movement Goals

  • 17:13

    1948 Turning Points

  • 19:20

    Civil Rights Plank

  • 21:55

    Executive Order 9981

  • 23:30

    Brown v Board

  • 26:07

    Stokely Carmichael

  • 28:44

    Shift to Nationalism

  • 30:17

    State-Federal Tensions

  • 31:54

    Segregation Violation

  • 33:58

    Civil Rights Acts

  • 36:35

    Voting Rights Act

  • 39:12

    Fair Housing Act

  • 42:49

    Booker T Connections

  • 46:25

    Sit-Ins Inspirations

  • 48:27

    Bakke Case

  • 50:32

    Nixon's Strategy

  • 53:45

    Cold War Impact

  • 56:20

    Abolitionism Context

  • 58:52

    Television Influence

  • 59:24

    Generational Changes

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