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Stand Up For Your Rights

Stand Up For Your Rights. Kristen Steck Danielle Coutain. Major Leaders. Martin Luther King, Jr – Believed in civil disobedience and peaceful protests (sit-ins, speeches) to gain civil rights for blacks Wanted to put an end to segregation

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Stand Up For Your Rights

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  1. Stand Up For Your Rights Kristen Steck Danielle Coutain

  2. Major Leaders Martin Luther King, Jr –Believed in civil disobedience and peaceful protests (sit-ins, speeches) to gain civil rights for blacks • Wanted to put an end to segregation • Gave the “I Have A Dream”speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC – urged blacks to never give up in their fight for rights Malcolm X – • Believed that violent protests were the necessary in gaining civil rights for blacks – he was fed up with the slow, peaceful way in which other leaders were trying to gain rights •  Believed in “Black Power” – urged that blacks needed to fight back in order to gain their civil and legal rights Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X

  3. Problems African Americans Faced • Segregation- State laws separating whites and blacks in the South • Violence- Klu Klux Klan • Voting restrictions-poll tax and literacy test Segregation Klu Klux Klan Jim Crow Laws

  4. African Americans’ Reaction • Civil Disobedience- non-violent protest ex. boycotts, sit-ins, freedom rides and marches. • Organizations-NAACP, SCLC, CORE and Black Panthers. Protesters Protesters

  5. U.S. Government Reaction • Local governments supported existing segregation laws by punishing protesters. • The National Government in the 1960’s pushed Congress to pass laws to end segregation. Police Officers using hoses on protesters Police Officers using dogs to break up demonstrations Rosa Parks being arrested

  6. Outcome • The significance of the Brown vs. Board of Education led to the integration of public schools in the South. • Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended Jim Crow Laws. • Also, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the poll tax and literacy tests. Little Rock Nine Brown vs. Board of Education

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