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People of the Civil Rights Era

People of the Civil Rights Era. Political Segregationists. Southern Democrats They like the Status Quo and fight to keep it. Orval Faubus. Arkansas Governor Fought to prevent integration at Little Rock Central High School

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People of the Civil Rights Era

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  1. People of the Civil Rights Era

  2. Political Segregationists • Southern Democrats • They like the Status Quo and fight to keep it

  3. Orval Faubus • Arkansas Governor • Fought to prevent integration at Little Rock Central High School • Sent the National Guard to prevent the Little Rock Nine from attending

  4. George Wallace • Alabama Governor • Very vocal about keeping segregation • Stood at the door of the University of Alabama to prevent two black students from enrolling

  5. Lester Maddox • Georgia Governor • Before becoming governor made national new when he kept blacks out of his “whites only” restaurant using an axe handle • Sold his restaurant rather than follow court order to admit blacks • After all this, he is elected governor

  6. Activists • Those who fought for Civil Rights

  7. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Pastor in Montgomery, AL • Promoted Civil Disobedience • Sit-Ins • Marches • Boycotts • Wrote “Letters from a Birmingham Jail” • Gave “I Have a Dream Speech” • Assassinated in 1968 • Show Videos x 2

  8. Rosa Parks • Arrested for not giving her seat up on a bus • Led to 13 month “bus boycott” by African Americans in Montgomery, AL Before Rosa Parks • Courts ruled segregation on buses was unconstitutional

  9. Thurgood Marshall • NAACP Attorney in Brown v. Board of Education • Became first African American on the Supreme Court

  10. As the Civil Rights movement moved out of the South, it began to change… • Show Watts video

  11. Malcolm X • Militant black Muslim • Questioned Dr. King’s policy of non-violence • Promoted “Black Nationalism” – seeking complete independence from whites • Assassinated in 1965

  12. Black Panthers • 1966 Founded in Oakland, CA • Provided services for their black community • Wanted an end to police brutality • Were armed and did not back down • Demanded reparation be paid for years of oppression

  13. Blacks were not the only ones fighting for equality…

  14. Cesar Chavez • Organized Chicano farm workers in CA • Used non-violent protests to improve the lives of farm workers

  15. Hector P. Garcia • Leader of Chicano Movement in TX • Surgeon and WWII Veteran • Became first Mexican American to serve on US Commission of Civil Rights

  16. Betty Friedan • Women’s rights activist • Wrote “The Feminine Mystique” • Helped form the National Association of Women (NOW)

  17. American Indian Movement (AIM) • Group that fought fair treatment of American Indians • Slogan: “Red Power” • Introduced term “Native American” • Temporarily occupied Alcatraz and Wounded Knee

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