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Key information and examples for the American Civil Rights Movement case study for History Paper 1 Prescribed Subject 4: Rights and Protest and Paper 3 for the HL History of the Americas route.

This concisely includes all the relevant background knowledge and events outlined in the subject guide for Paper 1:

• nature and characteristics of discrimination;
• protests and action;
• the role and significance of key actors and groups.

The document also includes notes for History of the Americas Topic 17: Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas post-1945 for Paper 3:

• African Americans and the civil rights movement: origins, tactics and organisations; the US Supreme Court and legal challenges to segregation in education; ending of segregation in the south (1955–1980)
• Role of Dr Martin Luther King Jr in the civil rights movement; the rise of radical African American activism (1965–1968)—Black Panthers, Black Power and Malcolm X; role of governments in civil rights movements in the Americas
• Youth culture and protests of the 1960s and 1970s: characteristics and manifestation of a counterculture