1. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
These signs were used on many public buildings.
Picture: http://entertainmentrundown.com/2011/02/10/today-in-black-
history-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964/

2. 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

3. 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.
http://www.crmvet.org/images/imgcoll.htm

4. 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

5. THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
http://ihadadreamspeechmadeachangeinracism.synthasite.com/the-effect-the-i-had-a-dream-speechhad.php

6. 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

7. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
http://www.writespirit.net/inspirational_talks/political/martin_luther_king_talks/

8. 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

9. RUBY BRIDGES
http://www.nysut.org/rfk_11070.htm

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. MALCOLM X
http://yeyeolade.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/malcolm-x-ongoing-back-to-africa-
from-malcolm-x-speaks-we-can-either-go-back-to-africa-or-become-culturally-
african-while-in-amerikkka-but-be-totally-liberation-from-being-21st-century-
slaves-as-w/

14. 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

15. 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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