These signs were used on many public buildings.

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THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

BASIC INFORMATION

• Took place from 1955 to 1968.

• Began to put a stop to discrimination

against African-Americans.

• The struggle started with slavery back

in the 1800s in the Southern USA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29

The Lunch-Counter Sit-Ins Students were tormented by whites while they sat in at a lunch counter in Mississippi. They had different condiments and drinks poured on them by the whites.

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THE LUNCH-COUNTER SITS-IN CONTINUED

• On February 1, 1960 four black

students wanted to be served lunch

and they weren’t given service.

• They refused to move from the

counter until they were given service.

• The sit-in lasted for six months

with people of both black and

white sitting at the famous Woolworth Counter. http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/6-legacy/freedom-struggle-2.html

THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON

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THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON CONTINUED

• Took place in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963.

• More than 250,000 people came to march.

• A quarter of these marchers were white.

• The point of the march was to get

many rights passed for African Americans.

• This is where the famous “I have a dream” speech occurred.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CONTINUED

• Took part in the bus boycott in 1955.

• Member of the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

• Received man of the year and the Noble Peace Prize.

• Gave his famous “I Have a Dream”

Speech at the March on Washington.

• In 1968 he was on the way to a protest when he was assassinated.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

RUBY BRIDGES

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RUBY BRIDGES CONTINUED

• One of the first black students

to attend an all white school.

• Federal marshals had to escort Ruby

and her mother at the school.

• Many white parents were outside of

the school protesting against integration.http://www.rubybridges.com/story.htm

ROSA PARKS

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ROSA PARKS CONTINUED

• Refused to give up her seat for a white man.

• She was immediately arrested after this

took place even though she was in

the correct section of the bus.

• This event went along with everything

that was happening with the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

http://sunnynash.blogspot.com/2011/02/rosa-parks-montgomery-bus-boycott-jim.html

MALCOLM X

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MALCOLM X CONTINUED

• Had a very violent view on how to stop segregation.

• He started the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

• He used many Islamic beliefs in his protests.

• Many people criticized his values and ways of searching for equality.

http://www.malcolmx.com/about/bio.html

THE END OF SEGREGATION

• President Jefferson helped get back all these things for the African-Americans:

• Voting rights.

• Desegregation of schools.

• No separate sections in publics restaurants, bathrooms, etc. anymore.

• Desegregation in any job and equal employment rights.

• Taking away funds for places that practice segregation. http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Civil-Rights-Movement.aspx?p=3

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