Instruct students to work in small groups to research the ways in which the civil rights movement intersected with other social and protest movements of the 1960s. Assign each group one of the following social movements:
- Vietnam War protests
- Second wave feminism
- Asian American movement
- Gay liberation movement
- American Indian Movement (AIM)
Students should produce a pamphlet that aims to convince readers that an intersectional analysis is essential for a social movement’s success, and that answers the following questions. Pamphlets should reference at least three primary sources and at least two secondary sources by historians.
- What were the strategies for making change in your social movement? To what extent were they effective?
- What was the relationship between the civil rights movement and your social movement? Was there any collaboration between the movements?
- Was your social movement more aligned with the nonviolent approach to the civil rights movement, or to Black Power? Explain.
- What were the similarities between the civil rights movement and your movement? Differences?
- To what extent was the civil rights movement an intersectional movement?