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Freedom Now!Freedom Now!
Chapter 22 Section 1
Nonviolence in ActionNonviolence in Action
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) led by Martin Luther King Jr.– An alliance of church based Af Am
organizations that wanted to end discrimination
Strategy to achieve goal was called nonviolent resistance
Borrowed the philosophies of Jesus and Gandhi
Sit-insSit-ins
Af Am sat down and refused to leave a lunch counter
Whites taunted and attacked the demonstrators– Af Am received little help from police
Police even arrested protestors when whites attacked
– Af Am remained committed to nonviolence Many restaurants became integrated
Freedom RidesFreedom Rides
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)-Northern based civil rights group– Sent an integrated group (Freedom Riders)
on a bus trip to the South after the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was illegal in facilities that served interstate travelers
Goal of CORE was to draw attention to violators of the ruling
Freedom Freedom RidesRides
In Alabama, one bus was firebombed and activists were attacked as they escaped– Mob followed them to the hospital so they couldn’t be
treated– Other bus was attacked outside Birmingham
Police blamed violence on Freedom Riders
JFK and the Freedom RidersJFK and the Freedom Riders
JFK supported constitutional rights of ridersHowever, urged them to end rides
– didn’t want it to be the focus of his meeting with Khrushchev
JFK and the Freedom RidersJFK and the Freedom Riders
Instead, the riders were given protection– Were still beaten– Kennedy sent federal marshals to protect
– Riders were still arrested– Robert Kennedy urged desegregation
regulations to be enforced• Freedom Riders accomplished their
goal
University of University of MississippiMississippi
NAACP obtained a court order that allowed Af Am to attend “white” universities– James Meredith was prevented from registering
by the Gov. of Miss.– Riots broke out when they discovered Meredith
was on campus JFK orders army to restore order Meredith registers, is protected by guards while
attending
ProtestsProtests
Albany, GA Police did not use
violence Was not a successful
protest b/c no violence=no media
Birmingham, AL Police attacked
protestors Also used children (so
parents could work) When public saw what
would happen to the children, movement got more support
**Protestors were arrested during both protests**
March on WashingtonMarch on Washington200,000 people
gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to gain support for the civil rights movement
MLK jr. gave the famous “I have a dream” speech – Gave his vision of how
the US should be
Civil Rights Act of 1964Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, etc.
Gave all Am. right to be served by public accommodations
Ended school segregationEqual voting rights (15th Amendment-gave
voting rights for Af Am men, but restrictions)