APUSH Review: Civil Rights in the 1960s

Everything You Need To Know About Civil Rights in the 1960s To Succeed In APUSH

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Key Civil Rights Achievements Prior to 1960

• Brown v. Board• “Little Rock Nine”• Montgomery Bus Boycott• Check out my video, APUSH Review: Civil Rights in the 1950s

Sit-ins and Freedom Rides• Greensboro, North Carolina Sit-in• February 1, 1960• 4 black students sat at a segregated counter of a Woolworth’s 5 and

Dime Store• As the week progressed, more students joined in• Inspired sit-ins across the country• Also inspired “wade-ins,” “kneel-ins,” and “bowl-ins”

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)• “Freedom riders” wanted to challenge segregation on interstate buses in

the South• Wanted to force the Justice Department to enforce desegregation laws• Birmingham, Alabama • Freedom Riders were attacked by a white mob

• September, 1961 – ICC enforced the ban on segregation

Ole Miss and “Bombingham”• James Meredith:• 28 year old black Air Force Veteran registered at University of Mississippi• 500 federal marshals were attacked by a mob when Meredith tried to enroll• Kennedy ordered 30,000 troops to restore order

• Martin Luther King focused on Birmingham• King and others were arrested for protesting• “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”• Drew on Thoreau’s and Gandhi’s ideas of civil disobedience• “an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who

willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.”

• Eugene “Bull” Connor:• Used fire hoses and dogs to break up protests

• The advent of TV helped spread awareness of atrocities

Alabama and a March• Governor George Wallace• Vowed to avoid desegregation at the University of Alabama• Gave a speech prior to two black students registering

• Kennedy realized he could no longer negotiate the issue of civil rights• Helped present the civil rights issue as a moral one• Asked Congress to pass laws that support voting rights

• August 28, 1963:• Largest civil rights protest in history (200,000 +)• “I have a dream”

MLK and Malcolm X• MLK:• Civil disobedience• Believed black could be American AND African• Major goal was desegregation• “Love thy enemy”• Assassinated in April, 1968

• Malcolm X:• Born Malcolm Little, became a member of the Nation of Islam• Advocated “black revolution” and black separatism• Appealed to frustrated African Americans• Assassinated in February, 1965

Key Acts and Terms• Civil Rights Act of 1964:• Guaranteed equal access to public accommodations• Created Equal Employment Opportunity Commission• Government could cut off funds where discrimination occurred

• Voting Rights Act of 1965:• Federal government could register voters• Eliminated literacy tests for voting• The number of African Americans registered to vote in the South

skyrocketed• De Jure Discrimination:• Discrimination by laws

• De Facto Discrimination:• Discrimination by custom and tradition

Important Organizations• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)• Helped register blacks to vote in Mississippi (5% were registered in

1964)• Later, under the leadership of Stokely Carmichael, SNCC focused on

black power• Black Panthers (1966):• Huey Newton and Bobby Seale• Advocated the arming of blacks against white police

Test Tips• Essay Topics:• Types of protest – civil rights, wars, etc. • Comparing 1950s – 60s with previous time periods

• Tips for Multiple-Choice questions:• King was influenced by Thoreau and Gandhi

• Good Luck!

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