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“The 60s”!The Civil Rights Movement!

Civil Rights - 1950s!

Rosa Parks!

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Montgomery Bus Boycotts!

Sit-Ins!

Greensboro, NC! Nashville, TN!

Brown V. BOE!

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Political Reactions!

Little Rock 9!

Civil Rights - 1960s!

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Civil Rights Groups!

  Southern Christian Leadership Conference: Led by MLK... American Civil Rights Organization, face of Civil Rights Movement during 1950s & 1960s!

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: Major Civil Rights Organization created in 1909 in Baltimore, Maryland... leading group during 1950s & 1960s!

Civil Rights Groups!

  Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee: Created by students at Shaw University (NC) during 1960s... worked with SCLC & NAACP to organize major protests!

  Congress Of Racial Equality: Helped create Freedom Rides & Chicago Public School Desegregation, open to “anyone who believes that ‘all people are created equal’”!

Individuals!

  Martin Luther King Jr: Southern Black Baptist Minister & leader of SCLC... became leader of Civil Rights Movement during 1950s & 1960s... “I Have A Dream!”!

  Malcolm X: Drug-dealer, pimp, gangster turned Muslim... influential member of Nation of Islam... became face of Black Nationalism Movement within Civil Rights Movement... followers created Black Panther Party... “By Any Means Necessary!”!

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Individuals!

  Phillip & Daniel Berrigan: Catholic Priests, dedicated to Racial, Socio-Economic equality & military/nuclear pacificm!

  Bobby & John Kennedy: Massachusetts Irish Catholic Democrats... JFK (President) RFK (Attorney General)... JFK was cautious about Civil Rights, RFK was dedicated to Racial & Socio-Economic equality!

  Lyndon Baines Johnson: White Southern Democrat... JFK’s Vice President, became President... passed Civil Rights & Voting Rights Acts!

Civil Rights - 1960s!

JFK Gets Major Vote!

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Freedom Riders!

Project C!

JFK’s Announcement!

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March on Washington!

JFK’s Assassination!

Mississippi’s Condition!

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Freedom Summer!

Civil Rights Act!

Bloody Sunday!

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Voting Rights!

Malcolm X!

Black Power!

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MLK Assassination!

RFK Announces MLK’s Death!

Journal/WHOTS/Discussion!

  “In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.” - Cesar Chavez!

  “Words are as strong and powerful as bombs.” - Dorothy Day!

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Journal/WHOTS/Discussion!

  Has Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Dream” been achieved?!

  Are schools and cities more segregated or less segregated now than before the Civil Rights Movement?!

Journal/WHOTS/Discussion!

  How did America react to JFK’s death?!

  How did America react to Malcolm X’s death?!

  How did America react to MLK’s death?!

  Did these men have more of an impact in the life or their death?!

Journal/WHOTS/Discussion!

  MLK vs. Malcolm X!

  “No Malcolm X in my history text why is that? Cause he tried to educate and liberate all blacks. Why is Martin Luther King in my book each week? He told blacks, if they get smacked, turn the other cheek.” - Tupac!

  How does this quote signify the Black Power Movement which ended the Civil Rights Movement?!

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Journal/WHOTS/Discussion!

  “But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?” - RFK!

  “If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.” - RFK!

  “I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.” - RFK!

Journal/WHOTS/Discussion!

  “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” - JFK!

  “For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” - JFK!

  “If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” - JFK!