16.3 - Successes and Setbacks

the right to nonviolent protest in Mississippi.

the elimination of Jim Crow laws in the South.

the desegregation of public schools in Arkansas.

the registration of African Americans to vote in Mississippi.

It blamed all racial groups for the problems of the urban poor.

It argued against expanding federal spending to solve problems.

It proposed using some of the funds being spent on the Vietnam War.

It recommended funding federal programs to solve problems.

pursue racial separation in order to gain independence.

use their economic and political strength to gain equality.

pressure the government to pass affirmative action laws.

only follow the path of nonviolent protest to gain power.

persuade militants that nonviolence was the best tactic.

address economic injustice.

focus the nation’s attention on voting rights laws.

call for laws banning segregation in private businesses.