the civil rights movement gaining rights for african americans
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The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement
Gaining rights for African AmericansGaining rights for African Americans
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
What was the status of African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s?
Segregation ( De Facto & De Jure) Public injustice Treated as second class citizens
What was the status of African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s?
Segregation ( De Facto & De Jure) Public injustice Treated as second class citizens
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement Since the 1880s until the 1950s, laws
existed that segregated African Americans from whites in the south
Jim Crow Laws: Laws that forced the separation of whites and blacks in public facilities (Drinking fountains, restaurants, schools)
Since the 1880s until the 1950s, laws existed that segregated African Americans from whites in the south
Jim Crow Laws: Laws that forced the separation of whites and blacks in public facilities (Drinking fountains, restaurants, schools)
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
Segregation of the races was common in the South until the 1950s
Progress starts with Pres. Truman desegregating the Army during World War II the 1940s
Integration of the races would continue in other aspects of society
Segregation of the races was common in the South until the 1950s
Progress starts with Pres. Truman desegregating the Army during World War II the 1940s
Integration of the races would continue in other aspects of society
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
How does the Civil Rights Movement start?
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. emerges as a leader for Civil Rights in 1955
How does the Civil Rights Movement start?
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. emerges as a leader for Civil Rights in 1955
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
King uses and encourages non-violent methods of protest
MLK organizes groups of African Americans to protest against Jim Crow Laws through the use of:
Civil Disobedience: Deliberately breaking a law peacefully in order to draw attention to an injustice (Lunch counter sit ins, sitting in the white section of a bus…)
King uses and encourages non-violent methods of protest
MLK organizes groups of African Americans to protest against Jim Crow Laws through the use of:
Civil Disobedience: Deliberately breaking a law peacefully in order to draw attention to an injustice (Lunch counter sit ins, sitting in the white section of a bus…)
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
In the early 1960s another leader for Civil Rights emerges:
Malcolm X
In the early 1960s another leader for Civil Rights emerges:
Malcolm X
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement
Malcolm X promoted integration and equality by “any means necessary”
He was successful at making the Civil Rights Movement a national issue, and not just a local fight in the South
Malcolm X promoted integration and equality by “any means necessary”
He was successful at making the Civil Rights Movement a national issue, and not just a local fight in the South