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The Fight for Civil Rights: A Bold Journey Towards Equality and Integration

The Civil Rights Movement faced monumental challenges as students initiated sit-ins in 1959, sparking a nationwide movement. With the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leading efforts in desegregation and voting rights, activists undertook dangerous missions, including the Freedom Rides. Supported by key figures like JFK and Bobby Kennedy, who advocated for nonviolent protests and pushed for laws against segregation, the movement gained traction. Landmark events like James Meredith's enrollment at the University of Mississippi, Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," and the historic March on Washington culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, outlawing segregation and discrimination.

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The Fight for Civil Rights: A Bold Journey Towards Equality and Integration

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  1. Challenging Segregation

  2. Challenges • 1959-Sit-ins started with just 4 students • 4 months 54 cities and 9 states • Take matters into their own hands • Worried NAACP & SCLC • Ella Baker “Students had the right to direct their own affairs and even make their own mistakes.” Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) -Key role in desegregating public facilities -Getting people to vote -Very Dangerous

  3. Freedom Riders Goal  Integrate bus terminals

  4. Kennedy & Civil Rights • Promised to support movement • Helped him win key states • Bobby got MLK out of jail • Cautious • Created the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity • Appointed several African-Americans

  5. Kennedy’s Support for Civil Rights • Bobby publically took care of things • Freedom Rider support • Kennedy wanted nonviolent action • Meeting with Khrushchev • Made a deal with a Mississippi Senator • Thurgood Marshal recommended NAACP’s legal defense fund • After all this, Kennedy tightened regulations • 1962- segregation in interstate travel had come to an end

  6. More Challenges • James Meredith • 1962- University of Mississippi denied his entry • Governor physically blocked his way “Never! We will never surrender to the evil and illegal forces of tyranny.” Governor Barnett • 500 troops sent in • SEVERAL THOUSAND • Graduated

  7. Birmingham • Distractions for Kennedy • Demonstrations • King arrested (Bull Connor) • “Letter from Birmingham Jail” • Eloquent defense of nonviolent protests • Higher moral law • Page 936 • All played out TV • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0lD37bq8YI

  8. Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Announced on June 11, 1963 “…then who among us would be content to have his skin changed and stand in his place?”JFK • March on Washington • August 28th 200, 000 demonstrators • “I have a dream…” • Build dignity • Momentum

  9. Civil Rights Bill Becomes Law • An issue for the Senate • Filibuster • Cloture (forces the vote) • Kennedy assassinated • LBJ pushed it through • 87 days of filibuster (4 votes over) • July 2, 1964 Civil Rights Bill becomes law • Segregation illegal • Equal access to facilities • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

  10. Voting Rights • 24th Amendment • Selma March • Majority of population- 3% registered to vote • Sheriff Clark terrorized African-Americans • “march for freedom” (Selma to Washington) • “Bloody Sunday” • Voting Rights Act 1965 Segregation was outlawed and federal laws against discrimination

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