The American Civil Rights Movement

When Does Civil Rights Begin?

•1st Wave Begins in 1945

•Black Soldiers Return Home From

WWII

WHAT Does President Truman Do?

In Short…..

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No New Legislation Is Passed Under Truman

The Eisenhower Years

Signs Civil Rights Act of 1957

Signs Civil Rights Act of 1959

The Movement Picks Up Steam By Late 1950’s

Major

Figures

Arise

1955: Rosa Parks Refuses to Sit in the Back of the Bus

Montgomery Bus Boycott Ensues

Enter Martin

Luther King Jr.

Who Was Martin Luther King?

PastorActivist

LeaderHero

Preaches Non-Violent Protest

Malcolm X Represents Other Side of the Movement

The Nation of Islam backs X

“By Any Means Necessary”

Black Power Movement finds its Roots

New Organizations Form

SCLC

SNCC

CORE

NAACP

A Mass Movement

1960: Lunch Counter Sit-ins Begin in Greensboro,

NC

May, 1961: CORE Starts Freedom Rides through

the South

Birmingham 1963Church Bombing

Police Brutality Under “Bull” Connor

King Imprisoned, writes “Letter From Birmingham City Jail”

Violence is Broadcast into American Living Rooms for 1st Time

President Kennedy Forced to Act

• President Kennedy Orders King Released

• Campaigns for Civil Rights

August, 1963:“I Have a Dream”

JFK Assassinated

• Civil Rights Legislation on the Table when Kennedy is killed

HOW Will President Johnson Handle Civil Rights??

Passes Civil Rights Act of 1964

Passes Voting Rights Act of 1965

Violence Still Increasing

Ku Klux Klan Murders 3 Workers During Freedom

Summer

Bloody Sunday: Selma, Alabama

February 21, 1965:Malcolm X Assassinated

Throughout the Violence, Progress is Made

New Challenges Arise

School Integration

Resurrection of the KKK

Black Extremists

Black Panther Party is Formed in 1966

• Huey P. Long

• Bobby Seale

• Armed Urban Youth

1968 Olympics

In The Summer of 1967 Race Riots Break Out in Detroit and

Newark

As the 1960’s Die Down so Does Civil Rights

Vietnam Becomes the Focus of Liberal America

The Counter Culture Movement is also Taking Headlines

April 4, 1968:MLK Assassinated

Did Civil Rights as a Movement Die With King?