PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated and, as a result, no strong, charismatic, moderate leader emerged after his death to keep up the momentum of the modern civil rights movement
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There no longer existed one common purpose or vision within the modern civil rights movement
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The American public attention had become solely focused on the conflict in Vietnam by 1968
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The Cuban Missile Crisis had drawn the American public’s attention away from the modern civil rights movement
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Detailed explanation-1: -The next morning, October 28, Khrushchev issued a public statement that Soviet missiles would be dismantled and removed from Cuba. The crisis was over but the naval quarantine continued until the Soviets agreed to remove their IL–28 bombers from Cuba and, on November 20, 1962, the United States ended its quarantine.
Detailed explanation-2: -But the leaders of both superpowers recognized the devastating possibility of a nuclear war and publicly agreed to a deal in which the Soviets would dismantle the weapon sites in exchange for a pledge from the United States not to invade Cuba.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eventually, Soviet Premier Khrushchev acquiesced to Kennedy’s demands, agreeing to remove the missiles from Cuba publically if the United States military would promise not to invade Cuba and secretly remove missiles from Turkey, averting potential disaster and ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, disaster was avoided when the U.S. agreed to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s (1894-1971) offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba.