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Civil Rights Power Point Presentation

Civil Rights Power Point Presentation. Gregory King Carizma Whitaker 4/8/09. Plessy v. Ferguson. The case started separate but equal laws. Decided by the U.S Supreme Court in 1896. Jim Crow Laws. Legalize segregation between blacks and whites.

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Civil Rights Power Point Presentation

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  1. Civil Rights Power Point Presentation Gregory King Carizma Whitaker 4/8/09

  2. Plessy v. Ferguson • The case started separate but equal laws. Decided by the U.S Supreme Court in 1896.

  3. Jim Crow Laws • Legalize segregation between blacks and whites. • “Jim Crow,” is named derived from a character in a popular minstrel song.

  4. Booker T. Washington • Wanted to work alongside with the whites. • He wanted Vocational Training.

  5. W.E.B Du Bois • African American author. • Founder of the NAACP.

  6. Marcus Garvey • He everyone to go back to Africa to establish our own culture away from the whites. • Convicted of mail fraud.

  7. Pres. Truman and the Desegregation • Pres. Truman issued an executive order 9981. • The order brought an end to segregation in the military.

  8. Brown v. Broad of Ed. • The case started by the establishing of immigration in schools. • Case ended May 17, 1954.

  9. Montgomery Bus Boycott • It lasted for a whole yr. • Blacks car pooled to get around.

  10. Freedom Summer • A campaign of the U.S, that registered African Americans to vote. • Organized by the COFO (Council of Federated Organization).

  11. Martin Luther King Jr. • During the civil rights era he gave the I have a Dream speech. • Organized the march on Washington.

  12. I Have a Dream Speech • He spoke in Washington D.C. at Lincoln Memorial. • It attracted millions of people.

  13. Freedom Riders • Designed to test the laws against segregation to see if it works. • They rode interstate buses.

  14. The Little Rock Nine • They integrated Little Rock Central High. • It took place in 1957.

  15. Malcolm X He is the black nationalist and founder of the organization and civil rights movement. He promoted violence, but Martin Luther King Jr., promoted non-violence.

  16. Black Panthers • Founded the Black Panther party in October of , 1966 for self-defense.

  17. SNCC • SNCC stands for Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. • It also emerge from a series of student meetings led by Ella Baker at Shaw University.

  18. Greensboro Four • It took place at Woolworths restaurant. • The sit-in consisted of four black males who attended North Carolina A&T State University at the time

  19. Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Outlawed racial segregation in schools public places and employment. • Signed by Lyndon Johnson.

  20. Voting Rights Act of 1968 • This allowed African Americans to vote. • It was also signed by Lyndon Johnson.

  21. Twenty Fourth Amendment • Prohibits states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax. • The amendment was proposed on August 27, 1962.

  22. Watts Riots • The riots stared in 1965. • It caused 35 million dollars in property damage.

  23. Swan v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Ed. 1971 • The case dealt with busting of students to promote integration in public schools. • In 1965 judge J. Braxton Craven ruled in favor of Charlotte-Mecklenburg.

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