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Line 49: − ==Leaders== − [[File:Ali Rosa Parks & Trump.jpg|right|thumb|[[Anita Bryant]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Rosa Parks]] and [[Donald Trump]] receive the 1986 Ellis Island Medal of Honor.]] − ==== Civil Rights Leaders ==== − *[[Martin Luther King]] − *[[Ralph Abernathy]] − *[[John Lewis]] − *[[Jesse Jackson]] − *[[James Meredith]] − *[[Rosa Parks]] − − ==== Non-black supporters ==== − *[[Everett Dirksen]] − *[[George W. Romney]] − *[[Winthrop Rockefeller]] −
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==Black Power==
==Black Power==
Meanwhile, a growing black radical movement, led by Muslims like Malcolm X, and inner city gangs, pulled the black community toward separatism. By 1966 the tensions inside the black community were ripping apart the civil rights coalition, as the radicals called for the ousting of all whites in leadership positions. King lost much of his influence, and was unable to stop the wave of rioting that broke out in every major American city with a black population. The riots soured white America on the civil rights movement because it brought violence and turmoil, and led to calls for [[Law and order]].
Meanwhile, a growing black radical movement, led by Muslims like Malcolm X, and inner city gangs, pulled the black community toward separatism. By 1966 the tensions inside the black community were ripping apart the civil rights coalition, as the radicals called for the ousting of all whites in leadership positions. King lost much of his influence, and was unable to stop the wave of rioting that broke out in every major American city with a black population. The riots soured white America on the civil rights movement because it brought violence and turmoil, and led to calls for [[Law and order]].
==Other groups==
==Other groups==
Other groups started to mobilize on behalf of their rights, especially [[Feminism|feminists]] and [[Latinos]], and later the homosexuals made a bid.
Other groups started to mobilize on behalf of their rights, especially [[Feminism|feminists]] and [[Latinos]], and later the homosexuals made a bid.