5 Historical Context: Quote & Paraphrase

1.     1.)  Quotes: “The euphoria of the massive gathering in Washing was to be short-lived, however. Three weeks after the march, racists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, a center of movement activity during Sunday services and killed four young girls,”(Stewart, pg. 490).

Paraphrase: Racists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, resulting in the deaths of four young girls during Sunday services.

2.     2.)  Quote: “As the movement spread to northern states and the ghettos of large northern cities, riots and demonstrations in nine northern cities between July 18 and September 7, 1964 revealed a growing militancy, anger, and despair within black communities and the movement,” (Stewart, 490).

Paraphrase: Revealing a growing military, the movement spread to northern states and norther city ghettos unveiling riots and demonstrations essentially causing despair within the black communities.

3.     3.)  Quote: “Malcolm X, who had relatively few followers but a powerful message, was assassinated on February 21 while speaking in New York City. The Watts riot of August 11 to 16 shocked the nation and widened the fissures in the civil right movement, particularly it’s relationship with white liberals in the north.” (Stewart, 491).
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      Paraphrase: Malcolm X was assassinated during is speech in New York City. His assassination sparked The Watts Riot that widened the fissures in the civil rights movement and the relationship between white liberals in the northern part of the United States.

4.      4.) Quote: “That night’s rally attracted some 3,000 people, five times the usual number, and Carmichael was released minutes before the rally began,” (Stewart,491).

Paraphrase: Carmichael was released minutes before the riot of 3,000 people began.

5.      5.) Quote: “Although he was not seriously injured, Meredith could not continue, and several civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr. of the SCLC, Floyd McKissick of CORE, Roy Wilkins of the NAACP, Whitney Young of the Nation Urban League, and Stokely Carmichael of SNCC, met to discuss continuing Meredith’s march for him,” (Stewart, 491).
      
      Paraphrase: Meredith, injured, was met by civil rights leaders MLK, Floyd McKissick, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, and Stokely Carmichael to discuss finishing the march for him.

3 Rhetorical Context: Quote & Paraphrase

1.       Quote: “In many ways, Carmichael was a mirror images of the young, angry, militant leaders in the student rights, peace, and counter-culture movements of the time,” (Stewart, 491).

Paraphrase: Carmichael served as a role model of young, angry, militant leaders in civil-rights movements of the time.

2.       Quote: “The press noted that Willie Ricks, the field secretary of SNCC, was heard to shout a catchy new phrase, “Black Power!” The controversial U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell had reportedly used the phrase on earlier occasions,” (Stewart, pg. 491).

Paraphrase: Field Secretary of SNCC, Willie Ricks reported shouting "Black Power!" that was earlier used by U.S Representative, Adam Clayton Powell. 

3.       Quote: “In June 1966 James Meredith, a civil rights legend who had desegregated the University of Mississippi and was now a law student at Columbia University, began a 220-mile pilgrimage across Mississippi to urge black citizens to register to vote and to demonstrate that blacks no longer had to fear white violence,” (Stewart, 491).

Paraphrase: Civil rights legend, James Meredith, began a 220-mile pilgrimage across the Mississippi to encourage the registration and votes of black citizens to enable the fear of white violence in June, 1966.