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The American Civil Rights Movement

The American Civil Rights Movement. MacCarthy. Questions. Q1 What are the differences and similarities between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X? Create a Top Hat Chart to show similarities and differences between King and X

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The American Civil Rights Movement

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  1. The American Civil Rights Movement MacCarthy

  2. Questions • Q1 What are the differences and similarities between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X? • Create a Top Hat Chart to show similarities and differences between King and X • Q2 Who are the key people, groups, events, and legal actions that impacted the civil rights movement? • Create a thinking map to categorize people/groups, events, and legal actions

  3. Beginning • Brown v. Board of Education • Separate but Equal unconstitutional • Montgomery Bus Boycott • African Americans united • Martin Luther King Jr. • SCLC created

  4. Beginning • Central High School in Arkansas • Little Rock Nine • Eisenhower takes action • Segregated Lunch Counters in the South • Nonviolent protests • SNCC created

  5. Power of the Media • Kennedy supports MLK and becomes president • Support Civil Rights issues • Afraid of upsetting Southern Democrats • CORE pressures the issue • Freedom Rides • Kennedy sends help

  6. Power of the Media • SCLC wants to press the issue • Bull Connor • King arrested • Letter from a Birmingham Jail • Children

  7. Power of the Media • March on Washington • Kennedy promises to support • Kennedy assassinated • http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-kennedy/videos/world-mourns-john-f-kennedy • Johnson uses the memory of Kennedy to push for civil rights

  8. Power of Media • Freedom summer in Mississippi • College students • Two murdered • Selma • State troopers • Voting Rights Act passed

  9. Divides • King and SCLC address poverty and equality • Race Riots in Chicago • King assassinated • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6mxL2cqxrA • Riots across the US

  10. Divisions • SNCC • Black Power • Nation of Islam • Separation of races • Malcolm X • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhg6LxyTnY8

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