Why were the Birmingham and Washington marches so important?

Why was the Civil Rights and Voting Acts so important?Learning Objectives: To evaluate the significance of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Act and to review the role that President Kennedy played in the movement?Key Terms, Events, Names: Civil Rights Act, Lyndon Johnson, Selma to Montgomery March

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Why was the Washington March instrumental in pushing forward the Civil Rights Act

Kennedy and the Civil Rights BillLO: To evaluate the significance of the Civil Rights Act and the role that President Kennedy played in the movement?Kennedy was elected on promises to improve civil rights.Birmingham protests had raised calls on Kennedy to enact legislation. Many civil rights activists were starting to criticise Kennedy for his lack of progress on the issue.

Review Pages 64-65 about the role that President Kennedy played in the Civil Rights Movement and answer Qu. 2-5.

Kennedy and the Civil Rights BillLO: To evaluate the significance of the Civil Rights Act and the role that President Kennedy played in the movement?After the Birmingham Protests on 11th June 1963, President Kennedy addressed the nation on TV and radio in a speech in which he identified the problem of racial disharmony as:

a moral issueas old as the scriptures andas clear as the American Constitution.

All Americans have the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public hotels, restaurants, theatres, retail stores, and similar establishments

November, 1963

The Civil Rights Act 1964LO: To evaluate the significance of the Civil Rights Act and the role that President Kennedy played in the movement?On 2nd July 1964, new president Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.However laws need to be enforced to work and Southern states still continued to ignore the new law. The Civil Rights Act, 1964

Banned discrimination in education, work and public places.

Segregation in hotels, motels, restaurants, lunch counters and theatres was banned.

Businesses who worked with the government would be monitored to ensure there was no discrimination.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was created to implement the law.

Review the Civil Rights Act worksheet and complete the rank task on which had the greatest effect on equality.

The Selma MarchLO: To evaluate the significance of the Civil Rights Act and the role that President Kennedy played in the movement?Despite the Civil Rights Act, many Southern States continued to resist so the Civil Rights Movement organised a march in Alabama, from Selma to Montgomery, to highlight the problem.

On 7th March 1965 they were stopped at Edmund Petus Bridge by state troopers with tear gas, clubs and electric cattle prods.

Again, the violence against peaceful protesters was televised and it put pressure on President Johnson to act.

Develop a timeline of events of the Selma to Montgomery march.

The Voting Rights Act 1965LO: To evaluate the significance of the Civil Rights Act and the role that President Kennedy played in the movement?The success of the Selma march created an atmosphere of optimism in which President Johnson introduced the Voting Rights Bill. By the end of 1965, 250,000 black Americans had registered to vote. Disenfranchisement had been removed.The Voting Rights Act, 1965

Ended literacy tests

Ensured federal agents could monitor registration and step-in if it felt there was discrimination

Using the Starter Generator PPT, your group must come up with an interactive game/activity on the Voting Rights Act for next lesson