Day Four - AM: Politics

From the schedule:

"Our discussion will examine what some analysts see as a significant shift in movement stratege from protest to electoral politics.  We discusss the efforts that were made to register and mobilize black voters, the types of candidates running, the campaign strategies that were used and the differences between political battles in the North and South."

Tape 14, Side A  (CAS.2131):
Video Tape #11 (VHS.0166)

Professor Steve Lawson examines the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on the covered jurisdictions.  In particular, he focuses on Section 5  under which local changes to voter qualification rules were submitted to the scrutiny of a thee judge panel.

Tape 14, Side B  (CAS.2131):

Q&A with Professor Lawson.

Congressman John Lewis talks about the grassroots efforts of SNCC and SCLC in making the Voting Rights Act work.  Passage of the VRA necessitated a transition from protest to process and participation for the balck citizens of the South.

Tape 15, Side A  (CAS.2132):

John Lewis Q&A concludes.

Journalist Marshall Frady characterizes the period after 1965 as a triumph for the civil rights movement, whith many Southern politicians experiencing their own "Damascus moments."  However, he also detects a strong undercurrent of resistance in the presidential campaigns of Alabama Governor George C. Wallace and the effectiveness of Richard Nixon's southern strategy.

Tape 15, Side B  (CAS.2132):
Video Tape #12 (VHS.0168)
Discussion with Marshall Frady concludes.

Professor Dianne Pinderhughes employs theories of hierarchy and representation to explore the effect that the mobilization of blacks in the South had on blacks in the urban North.

While voter participation was comparatively high, the political power of northern blacks was "racially confined." Only after 1965 did urban black leaders develop the organizational effectiveness and form the kind of alliances that broke the political stranglehold of ethnic whites.

Tape 16, Side A (CAS. 2133):

Q&A with Professor Dianne Pinderhughes.

Day 4 - PM: Legal Issues and the Civil Rights Movement

From the schedule:

We examine the civil rights movement's continuing use of the courts to pursue its goals.; the movement's victories and defeats; and differences of opinion over  the potential for achieving racial justice through litigation.  As part of this session, we focus on important court decisions of the period, including those involving affirmative action and busing."

Panel discussion with Professors Stanley Katz, Julius Chambers and Derrick Bell.

Tape 16, Side B (CAS.2133):

Panel discussion on the civil rights movement and the law is joined by Professor A.E. Dick Howard.

Tape 17, Side A:
Video Tape #13 (VHS.0169)

Panel discussion with Katz, Chambers, Bell and Howard continues.

Tape 17, Side B:

Panel discussion with Katz, Chambers, Bell and Howard concludes.