Self-study
P1
In 1963, a three-week-long demonstration for jobs at the construction site of the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, became one of the most significant and widely publicized campaigns of the civil rights movement in the United States. ███
Intro topic ·
Demonstration for jobs at Downstate Medical Center
One of the most important and widely publicized campaigns in U.S. civil rights movement.
Details of demonstration ·
Led by African American ministers, supported by church congregations
Goal of demonstration ·
Force changes in government policies and trade union practices that excluded African Americans from construction jobs
P2
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Origin of demonstration ·
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) asked ministers to lead campaign
Risks to ministers ·
Ministers were politically moderate and embedded within major political parties and political offices
Leading a demonstration could damage ministers' political caraeers and reputation for effecting change through more established channels.
P3
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Impact of demonstration ·
Agreement to enforce existing antidiscrimination laws; drew public attention to construction discrimination; served as model for future protests by ministers
Some activists wanted more -- new laws or commitment to specific number of jobs for African Americans. But seems author's assessment is that demonstration was successful.
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
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Changing the opinions of union leaders isn’t mentioned as one of the consequences of the Downstate campaign.
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The Downstate campaign
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Although the author describes CORE’s relationship to the demonstrators in P2, it’s not clear that the author has a positive attitude toward this relationship.
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This is mentioned as one of the consequences of the Downstate campaign. Whereas public attention had previously focused on civil rights in the South, the Downstate campaign brought that attention to discrimination in the North.
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The author doesn’t mention the “way” in which the leaders of the campaign negotiated the agreement that ended the campaign. We don’t know how the agreement was reached or whether there was anything particularly noteworthy about the way in which that agreement was reached.