reading #4: consequences of the civil rights movement civil rights legislation
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Reading #4:Consequences of the Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Legislation
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Objective…Identify & explain the
legislative actions that advanced CRs during the LBJ Administration.
LBJ was sworn on Nov. 22, 1963. The swearing in ceremony took place on Air Force One before
leaving Dallas for Washington D.C
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LBJ takes over for JFK…JFK’s funeral procession...
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The Great Society
• The most far reaching social reform since the New Deal
• The goals…• End poverty• Protect minorities • Protect consumers• Improve children’s health• Improve medical care
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An influential book…The Other America (1962) by M. Harrington
• Claims 20% of America is…– Inadequately housed– Malnourished– No or poor medical care– Below poverty level
“What good was winning the right to sit at the lunch counter if one could not afford to buy a hamburger” …Out of Many
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The War on PovertyThe 1964 State of the Union address…“This
administration today, here and now declares unconditional war on poverty” – LBJ
LBJ State of Union War on Poverty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfT03Ihtlds
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The 24th Amendment
Poll Tax Receipt
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LBJ: The Civil Rights Bill of 1964
• JFK’s bill.. LBJ urges to be passed ... “a fitting tribute to JFK”• Empowers the federal government to end segregation in the South • Prohibited segregation in public places... Hotels, restaurants, etc • Enforcement includes race, religion, gender & religion, national
origin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK2GdOxz3s0
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The Election of 1964 LBJ Goldwater
Electoral: 486 52Pop. vote %: 61% 31.4%
– Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress– A mandate for change
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Following the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act the main goal
becomes securing the right to vote.
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1964: Mississippi Freedom Summer
• WHO?... SNCC& CORE sponsor 900+ volunteers• WHAT?... Register voters
Freedom Schools… Freedom Dem. Party…
• WHERE?... Mississippi• WHEN?... Summer of 1964
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Voter Registration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY6Dg35-tIw
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Freedom Summer
• 3 CR workers murdered
- 30 bombings
- 80 beatings
- 35 shootings
The car of the murdered CR workers
The murdered CRs workers…
- James Chaney,-
- Andrew Goodman &
- Michael Schwerner
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The Results of…
• National media attention• 60K voters registered• 40 Freedom schools
• MFDP sent delegates to DNC
challenging the all-white delegates
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The Selma Campaign• 1965- SNCC organizes a voter registration in Selma,
Alabama• 3,000 AAs arrested • March, 1965 - Protestors plan a 50 mile march from
Selma to Montgomery, AL to deliver grievances to Gov. Wallace
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The Selma to Montgomery March
• March 7, 1965- “Bloody Sunday”… Police use tear gas & beatings to stop 600 marchers
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The Selma to Montgomery MarchOn March 21, 1965- 3,000 members led by MLK with
Federal Protection marched… numbers grow to 30,000
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965• Eliminates literacy tests• Allowed federal officials to register voters• The 24th Amendment eliminates poll taxes
First time since the Reconstruction period blacks are moving back to the South.