The Civil Rights Movement

“We must use the weapon of love. We must realize so

many people are taught to hate us that they are not

totally responsible for their hate.” MLK

Rosa Parks

Moses Wright

“One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly,

lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the

penalty.”MLK

Peaceful Groups

• Religious– SCLC

• Student– SNCC– CORE

Freedom Summer

Supreme Court Rulings

• Brown v. Board– Ending “Separate but Equal”

“The Supreme Court’s decision set back progress

in the South at least 15 years. The fellow who tries to tell me you can do these things by force is just plain

nuts”

In Response to the Supreme Court ruling against “separate

but equal”.

Acts of Congress

• Civil Rights Act 1964• Immigration Act 1965• Voting Rights Act 1965

“If an American, because his skin is black, cannot enjoy the full and free life which all of us

want, then who among us can be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in

his place? Who among us would be content with the counsels of patience and

decay?”JFK

“Yes, I am an extremist. The black race in the United States is in extremely bad shape. You show me a black man who isn’t an extremist and I’ll show you

one who needs psychiatric attention.”Malcolm X

Black Power

• The Black Panthers

Black Muslims

• Malcolm X

Minority Rights

• Mexican Americans• Puerto Ricans• Japanese Americans• Native Americans