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Civil Rights in the 1960s

Civil Rights in the 1960s. Freedom Riders, Ol’ Miss, and Birmingham The March on Washington LBJ and Civil Rights Legislating Civil Rights: 1964-65 Black Power Nixon and Civil Rights: The Triumph of Conservatism. Freedom Rides 1961. After fire-bombing. Federal troops guarding the riders.

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Civil Rights in the 1960s

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  1. Civil Rights in the 1960s • Freedom Riders, Ol’ Miss, and Birmingham • The March on Washington • LBJ and Civil Rights • Legislating Civil Rights: 1964-65 • Black Power • Nixon and Civil Rights: The Triumph of Conservatism

  2. Freedom Rides 1961

  3. After fire-bombing

  4. Federal troops guarding the riders

  5. James Meredith and The University of Mississippi

  6. Birmingham

  7. The March on Washington1963

  8. Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights

  9. Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights • Civil Rights Act of 1964: Outlawed discrimination in hotels, restaurants and public accommodations.

  10. Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights • Civil Rights Act of 1964: Outlawed discrimination in hotels, restaurants and public accommodations. • 24th Amendment: outlawed poll taxes in federal elections.

  11. Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights • Civil Rights Act of 1964: Outlawed discrimination in hotels, restaurants and public accommodations. • 24th Amendment: outlawed poll taxes in federal elections. • Voting Rights Act of 1965: outlawed literacy tests, removed obstacles to voter registration, and sent federal inspectors into South to make sure states complied.

  12. Black Power • Urban Race Riots: 1965-1967

  13. Black Power • Urban Race Riots: 1965-1967 • Stokely Charmichael and SNCC: 1966

  14. Black Power • Urban Race Riots: 1965-1967 • Stokely Charmichael and SNCC: 1966 • H. Rap Brown and SNCC: 1967

  15. Black Power • Urban Race Riots: 1965-1967 • Stokely Charmichael and SNCC: 1966 • H. Rap Brown and SNCC: 1967 • Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, and the Black Panthers

  16. The Black Panther Party

  17. Malcolm X

  18. April 4 1968Memphis

  19. Richard Nixon and Civil Rights

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