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Taking on Segregation

“…in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently

unequal.”-Chief Justice Earl Warren in the Brown v. Board decision

“…in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently

unequal.”-Chief Justice Earl Warren in the Brown v. Board decision

The Segregation System

Jim Crow laws kept African Americans living as second class citizens

WWII and Civil Rights New jobs Served in military FDR outlawed discrimination

Challenging Segregation in Court

NAACP Legal team headed by

Thurgood Marshall

Challenged segregation through court cases

Challenging Segregation in Court

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Outlawed segregation in

public schools

Brown II (1955) Ordered integration to

happen more quickly

Reaction to Brown

Little Rock Nine (1957) AR Gov. refused to integrate schools Eisenhower sends National Guard to escort

students to school

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

First organized movement to fight segregation

Led by Dr. M.L. KingIn 1956, the Supreme

Court ruled segregated buses illegal

Rosa Parks Interviewed

Rosa Parks challenged discrimination on city

buses

Rosa Parks challenged discrimination on city

buses

Martin Luther King and the SCLC

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Promoted

Nonviolence Civil disobedience

Methods Huge demonstrations Boycotts

1957: Formed SCLC(Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

Dr. King riding an integrated bus in Montgomery in 1956.Dr. King riding an integrated bus in Montgomery in 1956.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

SNCC Formed to involve

college students in the civil rights movement

Chairman John Lewis

Sit-Ins Often provoked

angry whites Won sympathy for

protestors

The Triumphs of a Crusade

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Riding for Freedom

Freedom Riders (1961) Rode buses to protest

segregation RFK and JFK sent 400

US marshals to protect riders

Segregation banned in travel facilities

Standing Firm

James Meredith Gov. refused to let

him enter Univ. of Miss.

JFK sent US marshals to let him in

Standing Firm

The Birmingham Campaign Protestors viciously

attacked by police Milestones

Poor blacks join demand for equality

Moderate whites in north and south begin supporting desegregation

Marching to Washington

March in D.C. (1963) 250,000 demand

immediate passage of civil rights bill

“I Have a Dream” Speech

Civil Rights Act passed in 1964

Fighting for Voting Rights

Freedom Summer Student volunteers register voters Mississippi Led to violence and murder

24th Amendment: Banned poll tax

Fighting for Voting Rights

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Eliminated literacy tests Allowed federal examiners to register voters

WHAT MOMENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS MOST INFLUENTIAL?

What do you think?