Using Kenneth Cmiel's essay and the documents in chapter 13 of Major Problems, discuss and assess the Black Power, free speech, and counterculture movements of the 1960s. In your short essay, analyze and assess historian Cmiel's argument and provide examples of the ways in which these movements challenged "civility." Consider the following questions in your essay: How did these movements defy society's traditional notions of civility? How did these movements impact American society?

Draw examples from both the documents and from the reading by Kenneth Cmiel in Major Problems. For documents related to this topic, see chapters 12 and 13 in Major Problems. Students can also use the American Promise for more background to 1960s protest movements but should not use outside sources other than the class books.