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Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net
✦ Religion & the C.Rts mvt (50s & 60s)✦ Religion & politics since the 80s
✦ Religion & the C.Rts mvt (50s & 60s)✦ Religion & politics since the 80s
From the 50s till Yesterday afternoon
From the 50s till Yesterday afternoon
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net Protest Mvt & CRts
Mvt 1950s & 60s: Bkgrnd
Protest Mvt & CRts Mvt 1950s & 60s:
Bkgrnd
✦ Plessy vs Ferguson 1896 ("separate but equal" ➞) "Jim Crow"
✦ NAACP (1909 ➞ …)✦ WW2✦ Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man 1952✦ 1960s ➞ … TV✦ “Wh revolution” & Bl revolution
✦ Plessy vs Ferguson 1896 ("separate but equal" ➞) "Jim Crow"
✦ NAACP (1909 ➞ …)✦ WW2✦ Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man 1952✦ 1960s ➞ … TV✦ “Wh revolution” & Bl revolution
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net
Protest Mvt & CRts Mvt 1950s & 60s
Protest Mvt & CRts Mvt 1950s & 60s
✦ 1954 Brown vs Board of Education✦ Dec ’55... Alabama bus boycott (Rosa
Parks)
✦ 1954 Brown vs Board of Education✦ Dec ’55... Alabama bus boycott (Rosa
Parks)
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net
Protest Mvt & CRts Mvt
1950s & 60s
Protest Mvt & CRts Mvt
1950s & 60s✦ MLK, Jr. (NB “Martin Luther”)
- Baptist (family history)
- 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott
- - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Birmingham Campaign, Alabama 1963, 65, etc
- Washington, D.C. 1963
- 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
- 1966 MLK in Lyon (!)
- NY 1967: link C.Rts & VN
- Memphis TN Apr 1968: Assassination
✦ MLK, Jr. (NB “Martin Luther”)
- Baptist (family history)
- 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott
- - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Birmingham Campaign, Alabama 1963, 65, etc
- Washington, D.C. 1963
- 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
- 1966 MLK in Lyon (!)
- NY 1967: link C.Rts & VN
- Memphis TN Apr 1968: Assassination
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded
by the oppressed.”
cf. "If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing
without a demand. It never did and it never will.”- Frederick Douglass
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We Shall Overcome, Some
Day
We Shall Overcome, Some
Day
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net
Protest Mvt & CRts Mvt
1950s & 60s
Protest Mvt & CRts Mvt
1950s & 60s
✦ “Black Power”✦ “Black Power”
Black PanthersBlack Panthers
Nation of Islam (“Black Muslim)
Nation of Islam (“Black Muslim) Malcolm XMalcolm X
Bobby SealeBobby SealeHuey NewtonHuey Newton
Eldridge CleaverEldridge CleaverFred HamptonFred Hampton
Angela DavisAngela Davis
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net
✦ JFK (RCC)✦ Hippy “Mvt” - "New Age"
([variations on] Far Eastern religions)
✦ Native Amn religions✦ Bl Muslims → “Bl Power”✦ (Supreme) Court Decisions
* School Prayer: 1962, 1963* "Lemon" Test 1971 (not the fruit…☺)* Creationism: 1968 Arkansas; 1987
Louisiana; * “intelligent design” 2005 Dover PA (not
SCt)
✦ JFK (RCC)✦ Hippy “Mvt” - "New Age"
([variations on] Far Eastern religions)
✦ Native Amn religions✦ Bl Muslims → “Bl Power”✦ (Supreme) Court Decisions
* School Prayer: 1962, 1963* "Lemon" Test 1971 (not the fruit…☺)* Creationism: 1968 Arkansas; 1987
Louisiana; * “intelligent design” 2005 Dover PA (not
SCt)
Religion in the 1960s:Opening twd other religions?
Ruling out religion?
Religion in the 1960s:Opening twd other religions?
Ruling out religion?
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net
Challenges starting in the
1960s...
Challenges starting in the
1960s...✦ (Religious) diversity (JFK...)✦ Rapid changes in public opinion &
policies* prayer in schools / creationism* Civil Rights
- affirmative action
- Loving vs VA 1967
✦ (Religious) diversity (JFK...)✦ Rapid changes in public opinion &
policies* prayer in schools / creationism* Civil Rights
- affirmative action
- Loving vs VA 1967
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net Challenges
starting in the 1960s...
Challenges starting in the
1960s...✦ liberalization of sexual mores
* pornography* "2nd wave" feminism
- reproductive rights (incl abortion)
- ERA (oh, well)* Lesbian/Gay Rights Mvts
✦ Education: History / Science
✦ liberalization of sexual mores* pornography* "2nd wave" feminism
- reproductive rights (incl abortion)
- ERA (oh, well)* Lesbian/Gay Rights Mvts
✦ Education: History / Science
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net
✦ Jimmy Carter (Pres 1977-81)✦ "born-again" Christian ✦ federal Education Department
✦ Jimmy Carter (Pres 1977-81)✦ "born-again" Christian ✦ federal Education Department
Meeting the Challenges
Meeting the Challenges
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net
Aimée Semple McPhersonAngelus Temple (1923)
Aimée Semple McPhersonAngelus Temple (1923)
✦ Mega Churches✦ Mega ChurchesRobert Schuller
Crystal CathedralRobert Schuller
Crystal Cathedral
Meeting the Challenges
Meeting the Challenges
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & State
Skirmishes on the Frontier between Church & StateUS CivilisationUS Civilisation
Charles C. Hadleyhttp://charleshadley.net
Saddleback Church :Rick Warren
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