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How effective a leader was Martin Luther King?
Successes and Failures of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1962
What role did King play?
• 1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott
• 1957-60: SCLC
• 1960: SNCC and Sit-ins
• 1961: Freedom Rides
• 1961-2: Albany
How effective a leader was Martin Luther King?
Event Summary Significance Responsibility King’s Role
Montgomery Bus Boycott
SCLC
SNCC and Sit-ins
Freedom Rides
Albany
1956Montgomery Bus Boycott
• NAACP
• King’s role
• Successes
• The way forward?
1957-60SCLC
• King as president
• May 1957 march
• Publicity
• Atlanta
• Weaknesses
1960SNCC and Sit-ins
• Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee
• Students in Greensboro, NC
• Role of the press
• Significance
1961Freedom Rides
• CORE director, James Farmer
• Testing Supreme Court ruling
• Co-operation between organisations
• King’s role
1961-2Albany
• Albany State, GA
• King’s role
• Failure
• Achievements
Next Lesson: 1963
• King’s finest hour?
• Birmingham
• Letter from Birmingham Jail
• The March on Washington
• “I have a dream…” speech
• Time’s Man of the Year for 1963
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