title:
Class Lecture: Militant Resistance and the Harlem Riots
description:
Recording of a lecture from James Farmer’s The Civil Rights Movement in the 20th Century class. Farmer discusses the nonviolence philosophy in the dominant Civil Rights Movement (0:00), more militant organizations (00:58), the distinction between nonviolence and pacifism (3:00), one case of the successful use of self-defensive violence (3:40), and notable detractors from the philosophy of nonviolence (7:05). He then discusses the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement’s lack of attention to the lower classes (8:00). He connects class to the rise of rioting in inner cities in the mid-sixties (12:43) and goes on to describe his personal experience in witnessing the 1965 Harlem riot (14:37).
date:
1986-03-06
subject:
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
subject:
Nonviolent protests
subject:
Urban riots
subject:
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
subject:
Congress of Racial Equality
subject:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
subject:
Social classes
subject:
Black nationalism -- United States
subject:
Deacons for Defense and Justice
subject:
Black Muslims
subject:
Self-defense -- Political aspects
creator:
Farmer, James, 1920-1999
creator:
University of Mary Washington
contributor:
HIST 428 Spring 2020
publisher:
University of Mary Washington
relation:
The James L. Farmer Collection
rights:
Copyright is retained by Special Collections and University Archives, Simpson Library, University of Mary Washington. This item is available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Items may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes without prior written consent from the University of Mary Washington.
