THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. Problems It Addressed Addressed problems facing African Americans like Addressed problems facing African Americans like Racial
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT MOVEMENT
Improve the lives of African Improve the lives of African Americans and achieve equalityAmericans and achieve equality
First focused on attaining equal First focused on attaining equal rights through desegregation and the rights through desegregation and the passage of civil rights lawspassage of civil rights laws
Some will later seek black self-Some will later seek black self-sufficiency, end of police brutality, sufficiency, end of police brutality, spiritual improvement, and equal spiritual improvement, and equal economic opportunitieseconomic opportunities
Influences on the MovementInfluences on the Movement
Progressivism and Niagara Progressivism and Niagara MovementMovement
Great MigrationGreat Migration World War IIWorld War II Anticolonialism/Independence Anticolonialism/Independence
movementsmovements Pan-AfricanismPan-Africanism
Important Events in the Important Events in the Civil Rights MovementCivil Rights Movement
What impact did each event What impact did each event have on achieving equality?have on achieving equality?
NAACP Formed (1909)
A. Philip Randolph Threatens A. Philip Randolph Threatens March on Washington (1941)March on Washington (1941)
Congress on Racial Equality Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) Formed (1942)(CORE) Formed (1942)
Double V Campaign (1942-Double V Campaign (1942-1945)1945)
Desegregation of Armed Forces and End to Discrimination in
Federal Hiring (1948)
Morgan v. VirginiaMorgan v. Virginia (1946) and (1946) and Sweatt v. PainterSweatt v. Painter (1950) (1950)
Brown v. Board of Ed. (1954) Brown v. Board of Ed. (1954) and and Brown II Brown II (1955)(1955)
Death of Emmett Till (1955)Death of Emmett Till (1955)
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Desegregation of Central High Desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock (1957)School in Little Rock (1957)
Civil Rights Act of 1957Civil Rights Act of 1957
Southern Christian Leadership Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Formed (1957)Conference (SCLC) Formed (1957)
Woolworth’s Sit-ins and Woolworth’s Sit-ins and Formation of SNCC (1960)Formation of SNCC (1960)
Freedom Rides (1961)Freedom Rides (1961)
Desegregation of Ole Miss (1962)Desegregation of Ole Miss (1962)
Birmingham Campaign and the Birmingham Campaign and the Children’s March (1963)Children’s March (1963)
March on Washington (1963)March on Washington (1963)
Civil Rights Act of 1964Civil Rights Act of 1964
Freedom Summer (1964)Freedom Summer (1964)
MFDP Sends Delegates to 1964 MFDP Sends Delegates to 1964 Democratic Convention (1964)Democratic Convention (1964)
Assassination of Malcolm X (1965)Assassination of Malcolm X (1965)
Selma Campaign (1965)Selma Campaign (1965)
Voting Rights Act of 1965Voting Rights Act of 1965
Black Panther Party Formed Black Panther Party Formed (1966)(1966)
SNCC and CORE Expel White Members (1966)
METCO formed (1966)METCO formed (1966)
Watts, Newark, and Detroit Watts, Newark, and Detroit Riots (1965-67)Riots (1965-67)
First Black Supreme Court First Black Supreme Court Justice (1967)Justice (1967)