Crossing Over: The Legacy of 1965 for 2025

The Reverend Doctor Jim Melson of the Cornelius Corps. Inc will lead a zoom study titled “Crossing Over: Legacy of 1965 for 2025.”

• There will be six ninety minute sessions that will begin at 7:00 pm on Tuesdays, April 29 through June 3, 2025.

• The cost per person will be $10.00.

• Registration is required by April 21, 2025.

• Zoom information will be shared with registered participants.

Session 1 – Introduction

• Class Overview

• Civil Rights Movement Background Prior to 1965

• Recurring Themes: Civil Rights Campaigns, “Great Society” Domestic Policies, Vietnam War

• Selma Voting Rights Campaign - Background and Court Injunction

Session 2 – Selma One

• DCVL Invites SNCC and SCLC to Support the Campaign

• Marches to the Dallas County Courthouse

• Teachers March

• Malcolm X in Selma

• Malcolm X  Assassination

• Operation “Rolling Thunder” in Vietnam

Session 3 – Selma Two

• Death of Jimmie Lee Jackson

• Bloody Sunday – March 7

• Ground Combat Troops Land in Vietnam

• “Turn Around Tuesday” – March 9

Session 4 – Selma Three

• President Johnson’s Speech to Congress

• March from Selma to Montgomery – March 21-25

• Death of Viola Liuzzo

Session 5 – “Great Society” Legislation and Vietnam War Escalation

• “Great Society” Legislation – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Social Security Act, Voting Rights Act, Executive Order 11246, Immigration Reform Act

• Vietnam War Escalation –  Escalation of Ground Troops, Protest and Resistance

Session 6 – Ongoing Violence and Looking Ahead

• Watts Uprising

• Death of Jonathan Daniels

• Decision to Have a Fair Housing Campaign in Chicago