Compare the 1948 presidential campaign platforms of the States’ Rights Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the Progressive Party. How do their positions compare on issues of civil rights, racial segregation, and freedom of speech?
1) Compare the 1948 presidential campaign platforms of the States’ Rights Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the Progressive Party. How do their positions compare on issues of civil rights, racial segregation, and freedom of speech?2) In his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, on what grounds does Martin Luther King, Jr. defend non-violent civil disobedience? What does he mean when he distinguishes just laws from unjust laws?3) What is Malcolm Xs position on non-violence? Under what conditions does he argue violence is justified?4) Based on Cesar Chavezs letter to E.L. Barr, Jr., what kinds of violence did farm workers face during the five-year Delano Grape Strike (1965-1970)? Was Chavezs position on the issue of non-violence closer to Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X?
