CIVIL

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UNIT 6

• CHAPTER 21
• CIVIL
• RIGHTS

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SECTION 1

• TAKING ON
• SEGREGATION

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THE SEGREGATION SYSTEM

• 1875 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
• NEVER ENFORCED
• PLESSY V FERGUSON
• SEGREGATION LEGAL
• SEPARATE BUT EQUAL
• JIM CROW LAWS

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CHALLENGING SEGREGATION IN COURT

• N.A.A.C.P.
• THURGOOD MARSHALL
• BROWN V BOE
• (5 CASES - 1 TITLE)
• SEGREGATION ILLEGAL
• 1954

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THURGOODMARSHALL29-3 IN SUPREMECOURTCASES
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THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT (1955)

• BUS SYSTEM CITY OWNED
• SEGREGATED SYSTEM
• STARTED BY ROSA PARKS
• MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
• LED THE BOYCOTT
• SEGREGATION ENDED

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CRISIS IN LITTLE ROCK (1957)

• VOLUNTARY DESEGREGATION
• PROTESTED BY WHITES
• SPARKED BY GOVERNOR
• IKE CALLED IN NAT. GUARD
• PROTECTED STUDENTS
• THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
• GOV. CLOSED THE SCHOOL

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THE LITTLE ROCK NINE
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SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

• CHURCH BASED PROTESTS
• NON-VIOLENT ACTION
• MARCHES
• RALLIES
• SIT-INS
• LED BY M.L. KING JR.

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CHAPTER 21

• SECTION 2
• THE TRIUMPHS
• OF A
• CRUSADE

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THE FREEDOM RIDES (1961)

• THE GOAL
• TEST DESEGREGATION LAW
• FORCE GOVT TO ACT
• THE RESULT
• ATTACKED BY WHITES
• FED. MARSHALS CALLED IN
• BUS SYSTEM INTEGRATED

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THE FIRST SET OF FREEDOM RIDERS
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BUS ATTACKED STOPPED TO PREVENT INTERSTATE BUS
INTEGRATION
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INTEGRATION OF COLLEGES (1962)

• UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
• JAMES MEREDITH
• JFK CALLS IN FED TROOPS
• WHITES RIOT
• UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
• GOV. GEORGE WALLACE
• SEGREGATION FOREVER

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PROTESTAGAINSTJAMESMEREDITH
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THE DESEGREGATION OF BIRMINGHAM (1963)

• LED BY M.L. KING JR.
• MET WITH POLICE BRUTALITY
• POL. COM. BULL CONNOR
• MEDIA COVERAGE
• PUBLIC OPINION CHANGES
• SEG. LAWS ELIMINATED

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THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON (1963)

• 250,000 PEOPLE
• I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH
• BY M.L. KING JR.

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FREEDOM SUMMER (1964)

• THE GOAL
• VOTER REGISTRATION
• ESPECIALLY AFRICAN
• THE RESULT
• VIOLENCE INCREASES
• MURDER, CHURCH BOMBINGS
• MORE VOTERS REGISTERED

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James Earl Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew
Goodman were murdered in Mississippi,
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• 18 people were tried and 7 were convicted of
  murder.

Deputy Sheriff Price (GUILTY) and Sheriff Rainey
(INNOCENT).
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SELMA TO MONTGOMERYMARCH (1965)

• THE GOAL
• A FED. VOTING RIGHTS ACT
• THE RESULT
• POLICE ATTACK MARCHERS
• 25,000 JOIN MARCH
• VOTING RIGHTS ACT PASSED

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"Bloody Sunday, 7 March 1965, when 600
civil rights marchers were attacked by state
and local police with billy clubs and tear gas.
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• VOTING RIGHTS ACT SIGNED
• BY PRESIDENT
• JOHNSON

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CHAPTER 21

• SECTION 3
• CHALLENGES
• AND CHANGES
• IN THE
• MOVEMENT

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NORTHERN SEGREGATION

• DE FACTO SEGREGATION
• SOME VOLUNTARY
• SOME INSTITUTIONALIZED
• RED LINING REALTY
• SEGREGATED SCHOOLS
• WHITE FLIGHT

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NEW LEADERSVOICE DISCONTENT

• BLACK MUSLIMS
• MALCOM X (KILLED IN 1965)
• SELF-DETERMINATION
• THE BLACK PANTHERS
• HUEY NEWTON, BOBBY SEALE
• ARMED REVOLUTION

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MALCOM X
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1968A TURNING POINT

• DR. KING KILLED
• ROBERT KENNEDY KILLED
• RIOTS IN 125 CITIES
• BALTIMORE, CHICAGO,
• WASHINGTON DC

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DR. KING1964NOBLEPEACEPRIZEAWARD
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DR. KINGKILLEDINMEMPHIS
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ROBERT F. KENNEDYDEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT - 1968
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THE LEGACY OF THECIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

• DE JURE SEGREGATION ENDED
• EQUALITY LAWS PASSED
• MORE EDUCATION
• MORE ECON. OPPORTUNITY
• MORE POLITICAL CHANCES
• DEMOCRACY RENEWED