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• SWBAT describe events that lead to and

resulted from the “March on Washington”

• Do Now: What are the characteristics of

effective seeches!

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What haened in Birmingham"Alabama!

• #n Ma$ of %&'(" anti)

segregation marches wereheld

• *nder the orders of +olice,hief ,onnor" the olice

used attac- dogs and firehoses to subdue rotestors

• ."/// eole were arrested

• The violence was caturedb$ television cameras andbroadcast all over the world

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What was Martin 0uther 1ing2s

“0etter from a Birmingham 3ail”!•  Among those arrested

at Birmingham was

M01

• #n his 4ail cell he wrotea assionate letter to

e5lain to local

church leaders wh$

he was there andreasons for the civil

rights movement6

•

0etter from Birmingham

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7ow did +resident 1enned$

resond to Birmingham!

• b$ suggesting

the most

comrehensivecivil rights

legislation bill to

,ongress in %//$ears

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 Address from +resident 1enned$• What crisis is Kennedy confronting in this speech? How does he plan

on confronting it? • Document D:

• Source: President John F. Kennedy in a radio and television report to the American

 people, June 11, 1963

•  

• We are confronted rimaril$ with a moral issue6 #t is as old as the scritures and is as

clear as the American ,onstitution6 The heart of the 8uestion is whether all Americans

are to be afforded e8ual rights and e8ual oortunities" whether we are going to treat

our fellow Americans as we want to be treated6 6 6 6

• The fires of frustration and discord are burning in ever$ cit$" North and South" where

legal remedies are not at hand6 9edress is sought in the streets" in demonstrations"

arades" and rotests which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives6

•  We face" therefore" a moral crisis as a countr$ and a eole6 #t cannot be met b$reressive olice action6 #t cannot be left to increased demonstrations in the streets6 #t

cannot be 8uieted b$ to-en moves or tal-6 #t is a time to act in the ,ongress" in $our

state and local legislative bod$ and" above all" in all of our dail$ lives6 6 6 6

•  Ne5t wee- # shall as- the ,ongress of the *nited States to act" to ma-e a

commitment it has not full$ made in this centur$ to the roosition that race has no

lace in American life or law6

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Who was Medgar vers!

• ;ield secretar$ of the

NAA,+

• Was wor-ing to

desegregate 3ac-son"Mississii

• Murdered b$ a snier

outside of his home in

3une of %&'( the

same night +resident

1enned$ gave his

address on civil rights

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Wh$ was Martin 0uther 1ing2s “#

7ave a Dream Seech” significant!•  August .<th" %&'(• Southern Christian Leadership

Conference organi=ed a huge

march on Washington to show

suort for 1enned$2s bill6• delivered to a crowd of more than

.//"///6

• e5ressed his hoes for a unified

 America6

• hat are t!o re"erences Kin#

ma$es to %S history& hat are

t!o thin#s he envisions "or %S's

"uture&

•# 7ave A Dream

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hat was the 16th Street Baptist Church

bombing in Birmingham, Alabama?

• bombed on Sunda$"

Setember %>" %&'(6

• -illed four girls

• contributed to suort for

assage of the

,ivil 9ights Act of %&'?6

• The four girls -illed in thebombing @,loc-wise from to

left" Addie Mae ,ollins"

,$nthia Wesle$" ,arole

9obertson and Denise

McNair

2

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What imact did +resident 1enned$2s

assassination have on civil rights

legislation!•

n November .." %&'("+resident 1enned$ was

assassinated while traveling

in an oen motorcade

through Dallas Te5as

• The Warren ,ommission

concluded that a .? $ear old

former Marine" 0ee 7arve$

swald" fired the shots from

the nearb$ Te5as SchoolBoo- Deositor$

• Two da$s later" while being

transferred" swald was shot

and -illed b$ 3ac- 9ub$6

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What significant ,ivil 9ights legislation was

assed in %&'/2s!

• ,ivil 9ights Act of 196 ) +rotection of

voting rights for all AmericansC ened all

ublic facilities to eole of all races @ends

segregation

• .?th Amendment ends oll ta5es

• Eoting 9ights Act of %&'>) nds literac$

Tests

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Wh$ was the summer of %&'?

called “;reedom Summer”!• Demonstrations" bo$cotts of

comanies that didn2t hire

blac- wor-ers" rotests and

voter registration drives

were held all over theSouth6

• The summer turned deadl$

in Mississii when three

activists romoting voterregistration were murdered

as the result of a consirac$

between local olice and

the 111• ;reedom Summer 

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,oncluding Activities

• % Write a F age letter to Dr6 1ing6 Do

$ou believe his dream has been fulfilled!

Wh$ or wh$ not! Ma-e secific references

to his seech in $our letter 

• . +6 .<&) +6 .&/ Grahic rgani=er and

H2s %)?