PRIMARY SOURCESCivil Rights Movement

Edited to Includethe Black Muslims in America

By: Gina Driskell

What are PRIMARY SOURCES?

• How do we identify a Primary Source?

• What would I notice?

• Can I relate to this Primary Resource?

HERE IS AN EXAMPLEof a Primary Source

What could have happened on this stage?

HOW DOES VIOLENCE AFFECT YOU TODAY?

Have you ever wondered?

What happened then to get Black America to

now?

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE SIMILARITIES.

WHAT DID BLACK MUSLIMS HAVE IN COMMON WITH NON-

BLACK MUSLIMS?WHAT DID THE TWO GROUPS

OF PEOPLE DIFFER ON?

What is different?What is the

same?

“What is all the protest about?”

Who was Rosa Parks and Why should I know?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=15p5HB-FpjI

Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Why should I

know?

Who is Elijah Muhammad and Why should I know?

What are the Facts minus the Propaganda?Malcolm X http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcZpzgOvogU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHP89mLWOY&feature=player_embedded

Elijah Muhammadhttp://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/elijahmuhammad.html

Rosa Parkshttp://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/rosaparks.html

How does the Civil Rights movement

progress even further with the Voices of Black Muslims during

1940’s to early 1970’s?

What did Elijah Muhammad Plan for his black people include?

MUHAMMAD SPEAKS

NEWSPAPER•The role of Black porters in the distribution of the Defender is well documented in scholarly

research on the Black Press, Dr. Wilson pointed out, but the role of the Nation of Islam in making

the Courier as well as the Crusader nationally known

newspapers, is still largely an untold story

HOW DID THE ELIJAH’S INDUSTRY

BEGIN?WHAT GOOD CAME

OUT IT?WHAT

CONTRIBUTIONS CAME FROM IT?WHAT CAN WE

LEAVE OUT OF OUR FUTURE?

Mr. Muhammad’s contribution did not go unnoticed at the Courier, however. In 1957 Courier circulation manager A.D. Gaither presented Mr. Muhammad a “Courier Achievement Award” in recognition for his contributions to that publication.

1969 a Black printing crew helped the newspaper make the transition into printing industry, as well as journalistic, leadership, going on line and producing the 400,000 per week press run, entirely in-house

MUHAMMAD SPEAKS NEWSPAPER

WHAT DID THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS DO TO FURTHER THE RIGHTS

OF THE ALL AMERICANS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QjZ88K5XRv4

Then 1924Then 1963

Now 2011

Listening and walking back through time… what can you predict our future will look like as American Citizens?

Why Do we need to know?

What is the difference between then and now?

Why could it matter?

References:Library of Congress-HEMCCHafeezah BahahGoogle.comYoutube.comDr. L. BrownSultan Muhammad