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Segregation Day 4

Segregation Day 4. Quiz. What was the name of the speech MLK gave on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial? Why did such a large number of individuals march on Washington D.C.?

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Segregation Day 4

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  1. Segregation Day 4

  2. Quiz What was the name of the speech MLK gave on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial? Why did such a large number of individuals march on Washington D.C.? Name two (2) of the three preventative measures we discussed that southern states used to prevent African Americans from voting. In the summer of 1964, what state did nearly 1,000 volunteers travel to in order to help register African American voters? Why was LBJ reluctant to help the newly forming MFDP party?

  3. Northern Segregation • North • De facto segregation • Exists by practice and custom • South • De jure segregation • Segregation by law

  4. Northern Segregation • Urban slums • Poor schools • Brutal treatment of white police force

  5. Urban Violence • Riots • NYC • Watts, CA • Detroit, MI

  6. Detroit

  7. New Leaders Emerge • Malcolm X • “If you think we are here to tell you to love the white man, you have come to the wrong place.”

  8. Malcolm X • Malcolm Little • Jailed at 20 • Studied Elijah Muhammad • Leader of Nation of Islam • Black Muslims • Minister of the Muslim faith

  9. Malcolm X • Impeccable speaker • Advocated armed self-defense • Scared whites and moderate African Americans • Broke away from Elijah Muhammad

  10. Malcolm X • Took pilgrimage to Mecca • Changes his outlook • “I have prayed…with fellow Muslims whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white.”

  11. Audubon Ballroom • Harlem • Malcolm came to address a large crowd • 3 men rushed forward and shot him down • 39 years old

  12. Shooting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53IvBoGf8-s

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