AGENDAHistory Log

Standard Bullets16.2 Notes

“I Have a Dream Speech”Key Terms

History Log:What makes someone a hero?

#8.3 CIVIL RIGHTS

LEGACY

STANDARDS11.10 Malcom X differed early in his career from Martin Luther King Jr. in that he believed in separatism.

11.10 James Farmer and Martin Luther King Jr. were similar in that they both used tactics of nonviolence in their fight against racial discrimination.

11.10 The goal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was to increase voting opportunities for African Americans. 11.10 Equal access for all citizens to restaurants, parks, libraries, theatres, as well as the power of the attorney general to enforce desegregation in public schools was part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

OBJECTIVE

1. Describe the tactics and efforts used by the sit-in movement and Freedom riders.

2. Evaluate the importance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965.

CAUSE EFFECTSit-in Movement Worked to end segregation at

restaurants. Brought attention to the Civil Rights Movement.

Freedom Riders Worked to integrate buses, forced Kennedy to control violence.

Children's March King is released from jail and African Americans support Kennedy.

March on Washington Led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Selma March Lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Watts Riots Broke the Civil Rights Advocates into two groups: Non-Violent & Aggressive

King’s Assassination Led to the passage of the 1968 Housing Act.

SNCC: Students formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to organize efforts for desegregation and voter registration throughout the south. Ella Baker led in establishing the SNCC.

Freedom Riders: Student led movement to integrate the busing in the southern states.

Civil Rights Act of 1964: Legislation granted equal access to all citizens in public places.

Voting Rights Act of 1965: Placed the attorney general of the United States in control of state voting polling stations in order to prevent discrimination.

Black Power Movement: the movement emphasized racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions to nurture and promote black collective interests, advance black values.

Malcolm X: was an African-American Muslim minister, & public speaker. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans his detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, anti-Semitism, and violence.

Black Panthers: was an African-American revolutionary left-wing organization working for the self-defense for black people. It was active in the United States from the mid-1960s into the 1970s.

LEADER VIEWS

Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X

Non-Violence Self Defense

Peaceful Protest Separatism

Cooperation with whites and other cultures

Being a Victim of the past does not mean you must be one in the present.

LEGACYCIVIL RIGHT LAW PROVISION

Civil Rights Act 1957 Created the Civil Rights division of the Department of Justice

24th Amendment Ended poll taxes

Voting Rights Act Authorized the attorney General to send federal examiners to register voters.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Gave the federal government powers to prevent racial discrimination including equal access in the workplace & public areas

Civil Rights Act of 1968 Outlawed discrimination in housing