social movements that took place during the 1960s and early 1970s

Read each of the documents below (.pdf copies posted in the Paper 2 Module). Write a 4-5 page essay that responds to the following prompt.

Young Americans for Freedom (YAF): The Sharon Statement 1960:

http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/CPP/FP_PS34w.pdf (Links to an external site.)

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS): Port Huron Statement, 1962:

https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/port-huron-statement/ (Links to an external site.)

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963:

https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-from-birmingham-city-jail-excerpts/ (Links to an external site.)

National Organization of Women (NOW) Statement of Purpose, 1966:

https://350fem.blogs.brynmawr.edu/about/statement-of-purpose/ (Links to an external site.)

Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Platform Statement, 1970:

https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/stonewall-and-its-impact-on-the-gay-liberation-movement/sources/1411 (Links to an external site.)

Excerpt from 1970 Newsletter from National Council on Indian Opportunity (NCIO) about Federal work to address Indian Concerns (Focus on the following articles: “Self-Determination is the Answer,” “Council to form Education Subcommittee,” “Urban Indians Recognized,” and “Protect Indian Rights”):

https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-american-indian-movement-1968-1978/sources/1328 (Links to an external site.)

Prompt: Compare and contrast the objectives of participants in FOUR of the social movements that took place during the 1960s and early 1970s. According to the author(s) of each document, what problems existed in the U.S. in the 1960s and early 1970s? What solutions did the author(s) propose in each document? In what ways were the problems and solutions identified in the documents similar? In what ways were they different?