Challenging Segregation

Sit-In MovementA. CORE- successfully integrated

restaurants by using sit-ins1. Jack Spratt Coffee House2. Greensboro, NC Jan 31, 1960-

Woolworth’s

Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee (SNCC)A. Freedom Riders

1. Organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to integrate bus terminals

2. Result- violence

JFK & Civil RightsA. Justice

Department protects rights

B. James Meredith: 1st African American student to attend the Univ. of Mississippi

JFK & Civil Rights

C. Birmingham, AL1. Brutal violence used

against demonstrators led to Dr. King being jailed and prompted Kennedy to prepare a new civil rights bill

Civil Rights Act 1964

A. March on Washington

B. The Law:1. Gave feds more

power 2. Outlawed

segregation3. Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission

Struggle for Voting Rights

A. Selma March (AL)1. March for Freedom2. chosen because

African Americans were the majority there

3. State troopers attacked marchers, later known as “Bloody Sunday”

Struggle for Voting RightsB. Voting Rights Act

19651. In registering

blacks to vote, this authorized the Attorney General to work side-by-side with local officials