The Civil Rights Movement

African Americans
(Overview)
 Slavery in the United States 1619-1865
Slave Ship packed
inhumanely

Abuse & Inhumane

Treatment
Slave Labor Cotton Picking
in Southern Plantation
 Post-Civil War
Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870
 
“Law & Order” 1882-1968
Lynch: mob killing, especially by hanging, for an
alleged offense with or without a legal trial.

Ku Klux
Klan
 Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
“Separate, but Equal”= Upheld Segregation
“Separate, but Equal”
 Post-WWII
Segregation in U.S. Military Ends 1948
 Brown vs. Board 1954
Ends segregation in public school – Many
Southern States rebel
 Death of Emmett Till 1955
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till
 Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African
Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated
seating. The boycott took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is
regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks
 Little Rock Nine, 1957
The Little Rock Nine was
a group of nine African
American students
enrolled in Little Rock
Central High School in
1957. Their enrollment
was followed by the
Little Rock Crisis, in
which the students
were initially prevented
from entering the
racially segregated
school by Orval Faubus,
the Governor of
Arkansas.
 Sit-in 1960
Sit-in: a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
 Freedom Riders 1961
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who
participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to
protest segregated bus terminals.
 Children’s March 1963
Young people of Birmingham braved arrest, fire hoses, and police dogs in 1963 to end segregation to its
knees. People all over the world saw the video footage of the brutal police tactics at home on television.
 March on Washington 1963
The March on Washington for Jobs and
Freedom, the March on Washington, or The
Great March on Washington, was held in
Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, MLK-”I have a dream”
1963. The purpose of the march was to
advocate for the civil and economic rights of
African Americans. 
 Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

is a landmark civil rights
and labor law in the United
States that outlaws
discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, or
national origin. It prohibits
unequal application of
voter registration
requirements, and racial
segregation in schools,
employment, and public
accommodations.
 Voting Rights Act 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial
discrimination in voting.
 MLK Assassination 1968
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination
 Race Riots 1960s & 1970s
Mass violence and looting within African-American, Mexican-American and Puerto Rican American communities during the civil rights
movement in the 1960s and 1970s, such as the 1967 nationwide riots in most major U.S. cities that led to over 100 deaths, and the
1968 riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King ...
 Black Power Movement 1960s &1970s
The Black Power Movement. The Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s
was a political and social movement whose advocates believed in racial pride, self-
sufficiency, and equality for all people of Black and African descent.

Malcolm X

1968
Olympics