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04/16/2015 1 Rosa Parks Refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man Sparked a new era of the Civil Rights movement Montgomery Bus Boycott African Americans were encouraged to boycott the buses in Montgomery when Rosa Parks appeared in court Meaning they refused to ride the buses until segregation was ended Led by Martin Luther King Jr. Lasted almost a year Successful! Local federal courts ordered public transportation system desegrate Martin Luther King Jr. Believed the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through nonviolent passive resistance (agitation) “the weapon of love” How did the sitin movement begin? Four students sat at a lunch counter in a Woolworths’s store after buying school supplies. They were refused service but sat until the store closed. They returned and sat at the corner until they were served. Who were the SNCC? White and black students from 30 universities came together to organize civil rights protests When did Martin Luther King Jr., write “Letter from Birmingham Jail? In 1963, after he was arrested for leading nonviolent demonstrations in Birmingham, knowing they would provoke violence. He demanded equality Across the nation, people watched the violence used by the Birmingham police against peaceful protesters on television Who were the Freedom Riders? African American and white volunteers who traveled on buses to the South to bring attention to segregation on the bus systems.

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Rosa Parks

• Refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man

• Sparked a new era of the Civil Rights movement

Montgomery Bus Boycott

• African Americans were encouraged to boycott the buses in Montgomery when Rosa Parks appeared in court

– Meaning they refused to ride the buses until segregation was ended

– Led by Martin Luther King Jr.

– Lasted almost a year

– Successful!

• Local federal courts ordered public transportation system desegrate

Martin Luther King Jr.• Believed the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through nonviolent passive resistance (agitation)

• “the weapon of love”

How did the sit‐in movement begin?

• Four students sat at a lunch counter in a Woolworths’s store after buying school supplies.

• They were refused service but sat until the store closed.

• They returned and sat at the corner until they were served.

Who were the SNCC?

• White and black students from 30 universities came together to organize civil rights protests

When did Martin Luther King Jr., write “Letter from Birmingham Jail?

• In 1963, after he was arrested for leading non‐violent demonstrations in Birmingham, knowing they would provoke violence.

• He demanded equality

• Across the nation, people watched the violence used by the Birmingham police against peaceful protesters on television

Who were the Freedom  Riders?

• African American and white volunteers who traveled on buses to the South to bring attention to segregation on the bus systems.

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Why was the march on Washington, D.C., a momentous event?

• Organized by A. Philip Randolph and Dr. King to support Kennedy’s civil rights bill

• Dr. King delivered his I Have a Dream Speech before 200,000 demonstrators of all races at the march.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Banned racial discrimination in hotels, restaurants, unions and federal contractors.

• Also protected minority groups and women.

Why was the march on Washington, D.C., a momentous event?

Civil Rights Act of 1964

“affirmative action”

• Required federal contracts to hire more women and minorities

Civil Rights Act of 1957 & 1960

• Protected African American rights to vote

• Created a civil rights division in the Justice Department

Robert Weaver

• First African American Cabinet Member Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Thurgood Marshall?

• First African American Supreme Court Justice

“Freedom Summer”• A campaign in 1964 to register black voters in Mississippi

• Volunteers were often attacked

• Three were killed by the KKK