the civil rights movement (1955-1975)
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The Civil Rights Movement (1955-1975). De Jure Segregation. Separation of races imposed by law Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) “Separate but equal” (never the case). 1947-Jackie Robinson Integrates Major League Baseball. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Civil Rights Movement (1955-1975)
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De Jure Segregation• Separation of races imposed by law
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)– “Separate but equal” (never the case)
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1947-Jackie Robinson Integrates Major League Baseball
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Bobby Doerr, Joe Cronin, Johnny Pesky, Carl Yastrzemski, Ted Williams, Carlton Fisk, Jackie Robinson
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1948-Desegregation of Military
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Roy Wilkins, Walter White & Thurgood Marshall
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)• Supreme Court overturns Plessy v. Ferguson
and states that “separate but equal” is unconstitutional
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Thurmond Marshall-1st Black Supreme Court Justice (1967-1991)
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White Citizens Councils
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Emmett Till Murder (Aug. 28, 1955)
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Rosa Parks
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Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)• 1 yr. boycott of buses (carpooled, walked,
biked)
• Supreme Court rules segregated buses illegal
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.• Leader of Mont. Boycott (Head of MIA)
• Urged Civil Disobedience & Nonviolent protest
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MLK In Montgomery
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Conflict in Little Rock, AR (1957)• Central High
– Integrate Schools; 9 black teenagers volunteer
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“Little Rock Nine”
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Conflict in Little Rock, AR (1957)• Central High
– Integrate Schools; 9 black teenagers volunteer– Ark. Gov. refuses & sends in Nat’l Guard
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Conflict in Little Rock, AR (1957)• Central High
– Integrate Schools; 9 black teenagers volunteer– Ark. Gov. refuses & sends in Nat’l Guard– Ike sends in Fed. Troops to integrate school
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Sit-Ins (1960)
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Freedom Riders (1961)
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Anniston, AL
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Birmingham, AL
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Integration of “Ole Miss” (1962)James
Meredith
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Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
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Violence In Birmingham, AL (1963)
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MLK Arrested
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“Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail• How long have blacks been waiting
for their rights? (1 line)• What horrible things have blacks
had to endure in that time? (3 lines)• Read the last paragraph, what is
the difference between a just law and an unjust law? (3 lines)
• What does King say about segregation? (3 lines)
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Eugene “Bull” Connor
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Police Dogs
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Fire Hoses
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June 11, 1963
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March on
Washington (Aug. 28, 1963)
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“I have a dream”
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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MLK 1964 Nobel
Peace Prize
Winner
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Freedom Summer
(1964)
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Selma March (1965)
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Voting Rights Act (1965)
*Literacy tests & poll taxes illegal*Fed. Gov’t has power to oversee voter registration & elections in Southern states
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Malcolm X & the
Nation of Islam
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Muhammad Ali
“I am the greatest”
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Stokely Carmichael & “Black Power”
“Black”
“African-American”
Black is Beautiful!
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Tommie Smith & John Carlos at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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“The Afro”
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Black Panthers
Huey NewtonBobby Seale
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Mid-60s Riots
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April 4, 1968-Memphis, TN-MLK Assassinated
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MLK RFK
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MLK National Historic Site-Atlanta, GA