a push for equality
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A Push for Equality. Page 1. Key Definition. Civil Rights Movement: Political, Legal, and Social struggle to gain full citizenship rights for African Americans and to achieve racial equality. Basis for entire section. Demand For Change…. All of the following lead to changes… - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Page 1
A Push for Equality
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Civil Rights Movement:Political, Legal, and Social struggle to gain full
citizenship rights for African Americans and to achieve racial equality.
Basis for entire section
Key Definition
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All of the following lead to changes…African American Migration (North)World War IIThe New Deal
Demand For Change…
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African Americans had opportunities to workSome laws also changed (Executive Order
8022)Holocaust images also seen in the U.S.
World War II/New Deal
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African American Migration
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Rise of Organized MovementsVery important to become organized
3 Groups will Organize:NAACPSCLCCORE
How many of you have heard of one of this organizations?
The Second Push
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Founded in 1909It is an interracial organizationUpper-middle class African Americans
supportMain Focus: Challenging the Laws,
worked to secure full legal equality
NAACP
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Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceFounded in 1957The South’s New VoiceMartin Luther King Jr. became a National
figureMain Focus: Preached and Practiced Non-
Violent Protest
SCLC
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Congress of Racial EqualityFounded in 1942Both African American and white membersPlayed a major role in the big urban citiesMain Focus: Bring about change through
peaceful confrontation
CORE
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What are these Groups Fighting?
What do you see in this picture?
What do you see in this picture?