Democratizing 20th Century America 10-30-08 Zinn Chapter 6

1) Read Zinn Chapter 6 and identify the following terms or concepts using the following table.

Column A: Term and its Description (What does Zinn want you to know/think/believe about this?)
Column B: Evidence (Provide a quote to illustrate description)
Column C: Discussion (How does this connect to the Civil Rights Movement focus questions: Why then? Why did the endeavor for reform get underway when it did? What gains were won? What gains were sought but not won?)

Read 182-199

Terms:

a) southern blacks and the communist party
b) Angelo Herndon
c) WWII
d) Harry Truman and blacks
e) Truman's Committee on Civil Rights
f) use of Federal Courts
g) Martin Luther King
h) Greensboro, NC
i) CORE/Freedom Rides
j) John Kennedy and blacks
k) SNCC
l) Mississippi Summer
m) Voting Rights Act

2) Come up with 3-4 thought provoking questions for a class discussion about the reading