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Challenging Segregation. Sit-In Movement. CORE- successfully integrated restaurants by using sit-ins Jack Spratt Coffee House Greensboro, NC Jan 31, 1960- Woolworth’s. Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee (SNCC). Freedom Riders
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Sit-In Movement • CORE- successfully integrated restaurants by using sit-ins • Jack Spratt Coffee House • Greensboro, NC Jan 31, 1960- Woolworth’s
Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee (SNCC) • Freedom Riders • Organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to integrate bus terminals • Result- violence
JFK & Civil Rights • Justice Department protects rights • James Meredith: 1st African American student to attend the Univ. of Mississippi
JFK & Civil Rights • Birmingham, AL • Brutal violence used against demonstrators led to Dr. King being jailed and prompted Kennedy to prepare a new civil rights bill
Civil Rights Act 1964 • March on Washington • The Law: • Gave feds more power • Outlawed segregation • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Struggle for Voting Rights • Selma March (AL) • March for Freedom • chosen because African Americans were the majority there • State troopers attacked marchers, later known as “Bloody Sunday”
Struggle for Voting Rights • Voting Rights Act 1965 • In registering blacks to vote, this authorized the Attorney General to work side-by-side with local officials