the civil rights movement 2
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The Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement
By: John LeBy: John Le
19551955
Emmett TillEmmett Till Rosa ParksRosa Parks
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Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceSouthern Christian Leadership Conference
Little Rock NineLittle Rock Nine
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Greensboro Sit InGreensboro Sit In SNCCSNCC
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19611961
Freedom RidersFreedom Riders
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Martin Luther King arrestedMartin Luther King arrested “I Have A Dream”“I Have A Dream”
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Civil Rights Act Of 1964Civil Rights Act Of 1964
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Malcolm XMalcolm X
Act of 1965Act of 1965
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MLK rest in peace MLK rest in peace
Civil rights act of 1968Civil rights act of 1968
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Civil rights act of 1968Civil rights act of 1968
President Johnson signs President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act Of the Civil Rights Act Of 1968, prohibiting 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the discrimination in the sale, rental, and sale, rental, and financing of housing.financing of housing.
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Truman signs Truman signs Executive Order 9981Executive Order 9981
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brown vs. board of educationbrown vs. board of education
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Civil Rights Act Of 1964Civil Rights Act Of 1964
Civil Rights Act prohibited Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination of all kinds based on discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal The law also provides the federal government with the powers to government with the powers to enforce desegregation.enforce desegregation.
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Malcolm XMalcolm X
Malcolm X is shot to Malcolm X is shot to death. It is believed the death. It is believed the assailants are members assailants are members of the Black Muslim of the Black Muslim faith, which Malcolm faith, which Malcolm had recently had recently abandoned in favor of abandoned in favor of orthodox Islam.orthodox Islam.
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Act of 1965Act of 1965
Congress passes the Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements other such requirements that were used to restrict that were used to restrict black voting are made black voting are made illegal.illegal. 1965
MLK rest in peace MLK rest in peace
Martin Luther King, at age 39, is shot Martin Luther King, at age 39, is shot as he stands on the balcony outside as he stands on the balcony outside his hotel room. Escaped convict and his hotel room. Escaped convict and committed racist James Earl Ray is committed racist James Earl Ray is convicted of the crime.convicted of the crime.
1968
Executive order 9981 removed all segregation from the U.S. military
Emmett TillEmmett Till
Fourteen year old Emmet Till was Fourteen year old Emmet Till was brutally beaten, shot and dumped brutally beaten, shot and dumped in a river for supposedly whistling in a river for supposedly whistling at a white woman. The murderers at a white woman. The murderers of Emmett Till got arrested but of Emmett Till got arrested but where let off by an all white jury. where let off by an all white jury. The two men later boasted that The two men later boasted that they had killed Tillthey had killed Till
Rosa ParksRosa Parks
December 1December 1stst 1955, Rosa 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up Parks refused to give up her seat to a white her seat to a white passenger. For doing this passenger. For doing this she gets arrested which she gets arrested which leads to the Montgomery leads to the Montgomery Black Community Black Community boycotting busses for a boycotting busses for a year until the busses are year until the busses are finally desegregated on finally desegregated on December 1December 1stst 1956 1956
SCLC
Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth create the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. This group becomes a major part of the civil rights movement
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Little Rock NineLittle Rock Nine
Group of African Group of African Americans that pave Americans that pave the way for equal the way for equal schools by being the schools by being the few that dared to try few that dared to try and enter an originally and enter an originally all white high school all white high school even though there was even though there was massive opposition. massive opposition.
Greensboro sit inGreensboro sit in
Four students from the Four students from the North Carolina North Carolina Agricultural and Agricultural and Technical College do a Technical College do a sit in where they sit at a sit in where they sit at a segregated lunch segregated lunch counter. Even though counter. Even though they aren’t served they they aren’t served they still persist, after six still persist, after six months they finally are months they finally are servedserved
SNCCSNCC
The Student The Student Nonviolent Nonviolent Coordinating Coordinating Committee created Committee created a place for young a place for young African American African American students to have to students to have to have their own have their own place in the civil place in the civil rights movementrights movement
Freedom RidersFreedom Riders
A group of people A group of people who got together who got together to defy the Jim to defy the Jim Crow laws that Crow laws that originally cut off originally cut off many rights for many rights for African Americans.African Americans.
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Martin Luther King ArrestedMartin Luther King Arrested
Martin Luther King Martin Luther King was arrested and was arrested and jailed during anti-jailed during anti-segregation protests in segregation protests in Birmingham, AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama
1963
““I Have A Dream”I Have A Dream” Over 200,000 people Over 200,000 people
join the march on join the march on Washington. Washington. Congregating at the Congregating at the Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, participants listen as participants listen as Martin Luther King Martin Luther King delivers possibly the delivers possibly the most famous speech most famous speech of all time.of all time. 1963
Brown vs. Board Of education Brown vs. Board Of education was a huge decision from the United was a huge decision from the United
states supreme court, which states supreme court, which overturned earlier rulings of overturned earlier rulings of PlessyPlessy v. v. Ferguson Ferguson , Which declared that , Which declared that state laws established separate state laws established separate public schools for black and white public schools for black and white students denying black children students denying black children equal educational opportunities. equal educational opportunities. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Court's unanimous decision stated Court's unanimous decision stated that "separate educational facilities that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." As a result, are inherently unequal." As a result, Brown won Brown won