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The Civil Rights Movement: Chapter 21 Review

The Civil Rights Movement: Chapter 21 Review. What Rights are worth fighting for?. Are all Americans entitled to the same civil rights? What are the risks of demanding rights? Why might some people fight against equal rights? Do we have true equality today in the United States?.

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The Civil Rights Movement: Chapter 21 Review

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  1. The Civil Rights Movement:Chapter 21 Review

  2. What Rights are worth fighting for? • Are all Americans entitled to the same civil rights? • What are the risks of demanding rights? • Why might some people fight against equal rights? • Do we have true equality today in the United States?

  3. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

  4. Growth of the Civil Rights Movement • Truman ends segregation in armed forces 1948 • Congress refuses to pass civil rights legislation • Jim Crow still ruled the South • Decision of civil rights left up to the Supreme Court head by Chief Justice Earl Warren

  5. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka1954

  6. Montgomery Bus Boycott Began w/ Rosa Parks Dec. 1st 1955 Lasted 1 year Gave rise to 27year old Rev. Martin Luther King

  7. Little Rock Nine September 1957- Central High School was to enroll 9 black students Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas mobilized the National Guard to keep the students from entering President Eisenhower sent in troops to escort children to their classes

  8. His death caused a serge in the Civil Rights Movement Showed the brutality of southern violence towards African-Americans created outrage across the nation Death of Emmett Till- 1955

  9. Emmett Till

  10. Martin Luther King Jr. • Formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1957 • Mobilized black churches to work towards black rights • Believed in peaceful demonstrations • 1st phase of Civil Rights Movement

  11. Civil Rights Act 1957passed under Eisenhower • Set up a civil rights commission to investigate violations of civil rights and authorized federal gov. to protect voting rights

  12. “Sit-In”

  13. Student Non-violent Coordination Committee

  14. Freedom Ride 1961

  15. James Meredith • Won case allowing him to enroll at University of Mississippi • Gov. Barnett would not let him register • President Kennedy ordered federal marshals • Riots erupted lasting 15 hours

  16. Children Take Action Birmingham, Alabama April 1963

  17. Children in Jail

  18. President Kennedy Acts • June 11, 1963 sends troops to University of Alabama to enforce desegregation • Calls for new civil rights legislation • MLK “March on Washington”

  19. Kennedy Assassination • Kennedy unable to pass Civil Rights Legislation due to southern democrats • After assassination Lyndon B. Johnson continues the fight for Civil Rights • Civil Rights Act of 1964- banned discrimination based on sex, race, religion • Voting Rights Acts of 1965- eliminated literacy tests in the South

  20. Robert Kennedy

  21. Watts, Los Angeles

  22. Black Power • 2nd phase of Civil Rights movement • Civil Rights movement changes from non-violence protests of MLK to use of force tactics of Malcolm X • Nation of Islam • Elijah Muhammad

  23. 1965

  24. Black Muslims • Nation of Islam (Black Muslims) • Belief that Blacks should separate from white society as whites caused their condition • Malcolm X was a follower believed in armed self defense

  25. Black Panthers • Began in Oakland, Ca. • Led by Stokely Carmichael • “Black Power”

  26. April 4, 1968- MLK Assassination

  27. June 5,1968Robert Kennedy Assassination

  28. 2009

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