HS A-85, Thursday, April 5, 2007Lecture #16—The Sixties II, Rise of Black Power and the New Right
Two Other Important Strands of 60s Politics Intertwined with New LeftI. Move from integrationist non-violent CRM to “Black Power”
A. Deep origins, not a sudden shiftB. SNCC key, Stokley Carmichael new voiceC. Riots in American cities, 1965-68D. How explain? Frustrations over reality not meeting rising expectationsE. Many manifestations of Black Power: Black Panthers, election of blacks to office, “black is beautiful,” campus militance
II. Origins of “New Right” in Sixties A. White backlash vs. CRM, New Left B. Longer, deeper history than Goldwater in ’64 and Nixon in ’68 C. Ideology—vs. internationalism, anti-communist, law & order, weak
federal govt. & stronger states rights, vs. taxation, some parallels to New Left (anti-bureaucracy, pro-individual responsibility)
Advertising Tracks Shifts in Civil Rights Movement:Ads in Ebony 1956, 1961, 1970