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African American Civil Rights Movement

African American Civil Rights Movement. Quickly Review Previous Black Civil Rights Struggles (1850’s – 1940’s). Pre Civil War Abolition Movement Starts push for black rights Reconstruction Era has mixed legacy 13 th , 14 th & 15 th Amendments passed Federal Gov’t mainly ignores

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African American Civil Rights Movement

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  1. African American Civil Rights Movement

  2. Quickly Review Previous Black Civil Rights Struggles (1850’s – 1940’s)

  3. Pre Civil War Abolition Movement Starts push for black rights Reconstruction Era has mixed legacy • 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments passed • Federal Gov’t mainly ignores black civil rights during “Gilded Age” • Jim Crow Laws become entrenched • Plessy v. Ferguson Supports segregation

  4. Booker T. Washington WEB DuBois Progressive Era Black Civil Rights Activist Differ in Goals & Tactics

  5. 1920’s & 1930’s NAACP Harlem Renaissance Marcus Garvey UNIA “New Negro”

  6. “Double V” of the 1940’s Promotes African-American Rights

  7. Still, “Jim Crow” laws strong into the mid 20th Century

  8. II. Non-Violent Civil Disobedience (mid 1950’s & early ’60’s)“Grassroots” actiongarners media attention and lead to federal involvement & legal change

  9. Emmett Till Trial

  10. Montgomery Bus Boycotts Martin Luther King Rosa Parks SCLC Civil Disobedience

  11. Little Rock Nine Confrontation Results from Brown v. Board decision Dixiecrats Critical of violation of “states Rights”

  12. Lunch Counter Sit-Ins Organized by CORE & SNCC

  13. Freedom Rides

  14. Boycotts/Marches & Reactions

  15. Birmingham Church Bombing

  16. Freedom Summer & Civil Rights Workers Murdered

  17. “Bloody Sunday” & Selma March

  18. High Tide of Non-Violent Black Civil Rights Movement March on Washington & “I Have a Dream” Speech Landmark Legislation: Civil Rights Act (1964) Voting Rights Act (1965) 24th Amendment (1965) Limits of Success??? Laws change faster than attitudes…rising expectations leads to growing frustration by late 1960’s

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