As I discussed in the Black Power post from a couple of days ago, the civil rights movement has no real start or end. It’s an ongoing series of struggles. The Civil Rights Movement we think of as having primarily existed between 1954 and 1965 is really just a moment where the black freedom struggle …

Source: Textbooks and the Civil Rights Movement – Lawyers, Guns & Money : Lawyers, Guns & Money

Yes yes yes! This piece provides some great food for thought on one of my biggest struggles in US II. But students are often very cognizant of the fact that their high school history classes left off after 1965, and are excited to read Huey Newton, even as they are sadly surprised at the sophistication of black thought in this period. Connecting in things like the ADA as part of a longer civil rights conversation is also helpful.