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THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. BY ANTHONIA ELENSI. INTRODUCTION. Slavery was outlawed as far back as 1865. As a result, African Americans were made American citizens and given the right to vote since the middle nineteenth century. Yet, legalized

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THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

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  1. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BY ANTHONIA ELENSI

  2. INTRODUCTION Slavery was outlawed as far back as 1865. As a result, African Americans were made American citizens and given the right to vote since the middle nineteenth century. Yet, legalized segregation deprived African Americans of their rights as citizens and they had to endure so many inhuman treatments for a very long time.

  3. THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT • By the 1950s, after decades of discrimination, African Americans began to struggle for equality. • By the 1960s, activism and series of Supreme court decisions advanced equal rights for African Americans.

  4. CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER • Dr. Martin Luther King was the leader of the movement. • Dr. King used non-violence ideology to organize demonstrations and resist segregation. • Dr. King’s passionate and eloquent speeches brought people to their feet and filled the audience with a sense of mission.

  5. CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST • Rosa Parks was a Civil Rights activist who refused to vacate her seat on the bus for a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. • She was arrested and jailed. • Her arrest led the African Americans to boycott the buses. • The Montgomery Bus boycott lasted for 381 days and crippled the revenue in Montgomery, Alabama.

  6. OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST • Malcolm X was another civil rights activist who initially preached violence against white oppressors. • He urged African Americans to fight back whenever they were attacked. • He later changed his ideology of violence and urged African Americans to use their voting rights to voice their grievances.

  7. EVENTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTSMOVEMENT The Civil Rights activists used various strategies during the Movement to resist segregation. • Montgomery Bus boycott • The March on Washington • Freedom Rides • Sit ins • Powerful and inciting speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King.

  8. THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT • On December 5th 1955, Dr. King led and organized the African Americans to boycott the buses in Montgomery, Alabama until segregation in buses was ended. • The boycott went on for 381 days crippling the revenue in Montgomery, Alabama. • This attracted national attention and led the Supreme Court to rule that segregation in buses was unconstitutional and should be outlawed.

  9. THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON • When in 1963, the Civil Rights bill was proposed by President Kennedy, the civil rights activists organized a march on Washington,D.C. • This was to attract public sympathy and ensure that congress will pass the bill into law. • About 250,000 people of all races and color showed up in the March. • That was where Dr. King made the legendary “I have a Dream” speech. • The Civil Rights bill was eventually passed into law.

  10. VIDEO SEGMENT To listen to the video segment, click on the center of the next slide.

  11. REFERENCES Danzer, G. A., Kieger, L. S., et al (2005), The Americans, Mc Dougal Littlel Pages 904-933. http://www.standford.edu/group/king/ http://www.blackpast.org/ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml.exhibit/aointro.html www.learner.org www.unitedstreaming.com

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