Martin Luther King Jr. in Martin Luther King Jr. in the Civil Rights Movementthe Civil Rights Movement

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort & convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge &

controversy.”- Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil RightsCivil Rights

Civil RightsCivil RightsDescribe the belief that Dr. King would use throughout the

Civil Rights Movement.

What is an example of civil disobedience

or non-violent protest?

What event in the Civil Rights

Movement gave Martin Luther King Jr.

his chance to lead?

The Montgomery Bus The Montgomery Bus BoycottBoycott

King’s Role? Outcome?MLK led the Montgomery

Improvement Association which constructed the boycott.

On 12.5.1955?90% of Black Americans did not

ride the buses

“I want it to be known that we’re going to… gain

justice on the buses in this city. And we are not wrong.

… If we are wrong, the Supreme Court of this

nation is wrong. If we are wrong, the Constitution of the United States is wrong.

If we are wrong, God Almighty is wrong’’

Supreme Court rules segregation on buses illegal in 1956. King

earns international attention for nonviolence.

1955 to 1956

Civil Rights Timeline of Civil Rights Timeline of EventsEvents

1955 to 1956Montgomery Bus Boycott

1957SCLC founded, Crisis in Little Rock

1960Greensboro sit-ins, SNCC founded

1961Freedom Rides take place

Freedom RidesFreedom Rides

ReviewReviewWhat was

Birmingham, Alabama known as?

What important event took place in

Birmingham, Alabama that we have

previously learned about?

The Birmingham The Birmingham CampaignCampaign

Desegregating the Most Segregated City in the South

Letter From A Letter From A Birmingham JailBirmingham Jail

Background? Outcome?The Birmingham

Campaign had seen MLK arrested for violating Alabama law on mass public demonstration.

The movement gained even more support.

1963

“Wait….”

The Selma March in 1965 would gain

many more participants.

Civil Rights Civil Rights TimelineTimeline

What is Martin Luther King Jr. most known

for during his time as leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

What was the purpose of his March

on Washington?

The March on The March on WashingtonWashington

"Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

1963

Civil Rights Timeline of Civil Rights Timeline of EventsEvents

196424th Amendment passed

(banned poll taxes and literacy tests) Freedom Summer

Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed (outlawed discrimination)

1965Malcolm X assassinated, Selma Marches begin,

Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed(Prohibits discrimination in voting)

1966“Black Power”, race riots in northern cities

1968…

Walter Cronkite Reports

Assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis, Tennessee