Civil Rights in the U.S.Part 2

Events of the Civil Rights Movement

•Freedom Rides (May 1961)•MLK Jr.•March on Washington•Civil Rights Act•Militancy•Other groups fighting for equality

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Freedom Rides - 1961

Protesting the bus stops created to serve interstate travelers

Martin Luther King Jr.

March on Washington•1963•200K-300K•Washington to Lincoln•Trying to sendMessage to Congress•“I Have a Dream”

Civil Rights Act of 1964

•Passed into law by Congress and President Johnson.

•Some southerners fought to kill the bill•Prohibited racial discrimination in hotels,

restaurants and other businesses.•Prohibited discrimination in employment

based on race, gender, religion, or national origin

•Applied federal power to speed the integration of schools and other public facilities

More Civil Rights Laws

•Voting Rights Act – 1965•-suspended literacy tests used to exclude

black voters

•Civil Rights Act of 1968•-banned racial discrimination in the sale,

rental or financing of housing.

African American Militancy

•The African American Civil Rights movement divides.

•Some people move away from non-violence

•Black Power, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam (Malcom X)

•Change wasn’t fast enough, whites and blacks could not work for civil rights together

Women’s Rights

•Even though women had right to vote since 1920’s, they were not socially, politically, and economically equal with men

•NOW – National Organization for Women•Fought gender discrimination in Schools,

workplace, and justice system•Rallies, marches, non-violence

Native Americans

•Living conditions•Moved from reservations to cities•AIM – American Indian Movement•They called for renewal of traditional

cultures, economic independences, and better education

Latinos

•Latinos suffered from varying levels of poverty

•Low-paying, unskilled jobs (farm labor, domestic service, construction, factory work)

•Latino children faced discrimination in schooling

•Chicano movement- ethnic pride committed to social activism

Counter Culture•1960’s – rebellious teens and young adults

against mainstream American society

•Student Activism

•Anti-War

•Free Speech

•Hippies