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Civil Rights Movement (1956-1971)

Civil Rights Movement (1956-1971). Sara Green. Causes. Effects. Montgomery Bus Boycott March on Washington Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X Rosa Parks NAACP Sit-ins Segregation everywhere Brown vs. Board of Education Plessy vs. Ferguson. Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Civil Rights Movement (1956-1971)

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  1. Civil Rights Movement(1956-1971) Sara Green

  2. Causes Effects • Montgomery Bus Boycott • March on Washington • Martin Luther King Jr. • Malcolm X • Rosa Parks • NAACP • Sit-ins • Segregation everywhere • Brown vs. Board of Education • Plessy vs. Ferguson • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Integration Everywhere • Freedom Riders

  3. Major Points • 1948- President Truman signs Executive Order 9981 • 1954- Brown vs. Board of Education • 1955- Montgomery Bus Boycott (Rosa Parks) • 1964- President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

  4. Major Points Cont’d. • 1963- March on Washington/ “I have a dream” • 1965- Malcolm X assassinated • 1968- Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated

  5. People • Martin Luther King Jr. • Rosa Parks • Malcolm X • John F. Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall

  6. "Sorry, but you have an incurable skin condition" In many areas, black doctors were excluded from practice in medical facilities. This not only deprived them of opportunities, but deprived many patients of all colors of treatment they might otherwise have received. In 1963, the AMA and a black medical association agreed to form a joint committee to halt injustices toward African American doctors.

  7. Which generalization can most accurately be drawn from a study of Supreme Court cases Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education? • The Supreme Court has issued consistent decisions in cases involving rights of the accused. • Supreme Court decisions are accepted without public controversy. • The Justices believe that social issues are best left for state courts to decide. • The Supreme Court has helped to determine public policy.

  8. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in an effort to correct • Racial and gender discrimination • Limitations on freedom of speech • Unfair immigration quotas • Segregation in the armed forces

  9. “I would agree with Saint Augustine that ‘An unjust law is no law at all.’ ” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter From Birmingham City Jail” This statement was used by Dr. King to show support for • Social Darwinism • Jim Crow Laws • Separation of church and state • Civil disobedience

  10. The program that promotes preference in hiring for African Americans and other minorities to correct past injustices is known as • Title IX • Open admissions • Affirmative action • Head Start

  11. The major goal of the civil rights movement of the 1960’s was to • Establish a separate political state for African Americans • Gain passage of an equal rights amendment to the constitution • End segregation based on race • Permit unlimited immigration to the United States

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