The Black Civil Rights Movement In The 1960's

The 1960’s are notoriously known as an era of great social and political change. A decade littered with social movements, the 1960’s were time in American history where people were no longer going to take social or political injustices laying down. A time where angered citizens took to the streets to protest their subjugation. A time that quickly snowballed into a storm of movements created in the likeness of larger, more encompassing ones. These smaller more specific movements were assembled in order to further represent a narrowing minority of disenfranchised American citizens and piggy backed off the ideas of the prominent Black Civil Rights movement. The Women's movement, the Lesbian and Gay Rights movement, and the Chicano/Puerto Rican

A major tactic borrowed was from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom which was staged in 1963 and spearheaded by Martin Luther King, Jr.. The tactic was basically to bring as many supporters of their cause to one place to show that they stand together-- both literally and figuratively-- and the place they chose was the nation's capital. They chose this location to insure that they would not be ignored by the president and other lawmakers. The Women’s Liberation version of this event happened in 1970’s New York City when over 50,000 supporters marched down Fifth Avenue. This protest appeared on the front pages of newspapers all over the country and gave the movement legitimacy and a household

The Young Lords Party, much like the Black Panthers, were heavily involved in their communities. Both organizations were devoted to bettering their communities through providing service programs. The Young Lords also took literally from the Black Panthers as show in their Thirteen Point Program and Platform, which covered everything from their own liberation in and outside of their island to all third world people and socialism to women's liberation. It is the last point that differs them most from the Black Panthers who did not outright support the Women’s Liberation movement. The document produced by the Young Lords was very clearly traceable to the Black Panthers Ten Point Program which demanded a lot of the same social changes be