Dr. Hilda R. Tompkins

Description: When the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909, it “was an important development because the NAACP was the first to lead a national protest organized specifically to attack the Jim Crow regime and racial inequality” (Morris, 1999, p. 520). This course identifies and discusses the significant social and political events that served as the catalyst for the rise and success of the Civil Rights Movement. It also examines the personal events that occurred early in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. that influenced his life’s work, and leadership.

Participants will be able to:

• Identify significant political and social events that helped pave the way for the Civil Rights Movement.
• Explain the critical aspects of Dr. Kings early life that led to his commitment to social change.
• Dispel myths associated with Dr. King’s leadership of the Civil Right Movement.