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THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

English GK 12

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REVIEW

Civil Rights Movement I. SegregationII. Brown v. Board of EducationIII. Rosa ParksIV. Bus BoycottV. Martin Luther KingVI. Malcolm XVII. Result

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I. SEGREGATION

= separating of races in every aspect of daily life

African Americans separate schools transportation restaurants parks

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II. BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION

Linda Brown wasn’t allowed to attend a white elementary school had to visit a black elementary school black schools were not treated fairly Oliver Brown fought for Linda's rights suit started by Oliver Brown & 13 other parents Supreme Court: segregation in public schools is unconstitutional

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III. ROSA PARKS

Born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama † October 24, 2005  

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ROSA PARKS

Father : James McCauleyMother: Leona McCauley

Rural School in Pine Level Industrial School for Girls, a private institution Booker T. Washington High School

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ROSA RAYMOND PARKS IN DECEMBER 1932

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OCTOBER 24, 2005

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IV. THE BUS BOYCOTT

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III. BUS BOYCOTT IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

buses in Montgomery, Alabama used to be segregated Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat

to a white person

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III. BUS BOYCOTT IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

MLK called a meeting at his church Martin and other black leaders organized a boycott blacks started to fight for their rights December 5, 1955: people refused to ride the bus Supreme Court: segregation on buses was

unconstitutional turning point in the Civil Rights Movement

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III. BUS BOYCOTT IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

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V. MARTIN LUTHER KING

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Martin was bornin this house in Atlanta, Georgia

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING 1929-1968

*January 15, 1929; † April 4, 1968 Decision: becoming a minister school for blacks first experience with segregation

Morehouse College, a black college

Doctor of Philosophy at Boston University

Prominent Leader: African-American Civil Rights Movement President: Montgomery Improvement Association non-violent protest boycotts & protests against segregation in the South

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MARTIN HAS A FAMILY..

Martin married Coretta Scott in 1953

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Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott and Bernice Albertine

they had four children:

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they moved to Montgomery, Alabama

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Martin became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Church

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Martin and his family frequently travelled together fighting for equality among all Americans

MARTIN LUTHER KING

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MARCH ON WASHINGTON

King spoke to 250,000 civil rights supporters during the “March on Washington” August 28, 1963

famous “I have a dream” speech

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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

December 10, 1965

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April 4, 1968: assassinated by James Earl Ray Freedom Hall Complex President Ronald Reagan: January 20th, a national holiday end of the civil rights movement

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VI. MALCOLM X

*May 19, 1925 † February 21, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska

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MALCOLM X

7th of 8 children Mother: Louise Norton Little, a homemaker Father: Earl Little, Baptist minister and supporter of

Black Nationalist leader - treated by the Ku-Klux-Klan� � Parents: members of Garvey’s Universal Negro

Improvement Association

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MALCOLM X - GROWING UP

was called nigger Graduation: junior high at the top of his class Teacher: dream of becoming a lawyer was "no realistic

goal for a nigger" lost interest in school &dropped out committed petty crimes: various narcotics, prostitution

& gambling rings

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arrested for robbery & spent ten years in jail joined the Nation of Islam against segregation laws fought for independence for African-Americans studied the teachings of Elijah Muhammad believed in human rights for all Civil Rights Leader

MALCOLM X

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married Betty Jean Sanders in 1958 4 children travelled to Mekka changed his name in El-Haji Malik El-Shabazz

MALCOLM X

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on February 21, 1965 he died from being shot 15 times by a Black Muslim

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MARTIN LUTHER KING MALCOLM X

Combined and included with whites Separate from whites

Based on Ghandi’s resistance of GB Articulated evils inherent in Jim Crow

Non-violent racial protest Confrontational protest

Christian Moslem

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VII. RESULTSpolitics and education

black politicianseconomic security

voting right

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