Muhammad Ali, political activist, entertainer and philanthropist known as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time; Ali used his influence during the Civil Rights Movement to instill racial pride 8.

In the Culminating Activity, students compare and contrast the causes and effects of these different currents on the African American experience in the post-civil rights era. Analyze the ...

African American communities were not thought of by our government in the same way as more affluent or white communities. The modern civil rights movement focuses on expanding opportunity so that ...

(1991). African Americans & the Quest for Civil Rights, 1900-1990. New York: New York University Press. Collier-Thomas, Bettye, and Franklin, V.P. (Eds.). (2001). Sisters in the Struggle: African ...

Although the prospect of civil rights ... to hire more African Americans. Many African Americans also went on to own their own businesses – there were over 300,000 African American owned ...