Opening Activity “Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced by pressures below.” –Roger Baldwin“Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced by pressures below.” –Roger Baldwin Describe a time in your life where you stuck up for what you believed in even if you did get in trouble.Describe a time in your life where you stuck up for what you believed in even if you did get in trouble.

Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience is the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence.Civil disobedience is the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence.lawsgovernmentpowerlawsgovernmentpower You might risk getting arrested, but you will not resort to violence and hatred.You might risk getting arrested, but you will not resort to violence and hatred.

The Civil Rights Movement 1950s and 1960s GOALSMETHODSOUTCOME

Goals Equal Rights Protection by the Government End racism, hate, and violence Voting Rights Earn a decent living / economic equality Stop discrimination in the workforce

A Movement of the People The Civil Rights Movement

School Segregation across the United States

The NAACP fights school segregation

Other Groups formed to Protect African American Rights SCLC- Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceSCLC- Southern Christian Leadership Conference SNCC- Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeSNCC- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee CORE- Congress of Racial EqualityCORE- Congress of Racial Equality These groups with the NAACP became the driving force to bring about awareness and methods to fight discrimination in the nation.

“Separate but Equal” is overturned

School desegregation moves at a slow speed

Little Rock Nine

Whites resist desegregation

Little Rock Nine

Segregation on the Bus

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Puts economic pressure on the bus companies by not riding.

VICTORY

Means to Achieve Equality Use civil disobedience to gain equality! Denounce injustice while approaching your enemies with love!

Means to Achieve Equality Marches and Protests

Means to Achieve Equality Sit-Ins

Means to Achieve Equality Freedom Rides-check interstate travel

Means to Achieve Equality Demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama

Go to the Heart of Racism

Means to Achieve Equality 1963: The March on Washington- to support the Civil Rights Act

In 1964, Johnson signs the bill into law to ensure the Civil Rights Act of 1964In 1964, Johnson signs the bill into law to ensure the Civil Rights Act of 1964 –School integration mandated –Desegregation of all public facilities

Voting Rights Act of 1965Voting Rights Act of 1965 –Eliminate voting requirements that were created to keep African- Americans from voting. –Freedom Summer of 1964-try to get African-Americans to register!

Means to Achieve Equality “Black nationalism”- Create Black independence from white society, don’t try to become a part of white society. Malcolm X

Means to Achieve Equality Black Power “We been saying freedom for six years and we ain’t got nothin’. What we gonna start saying now is black power.” Black Panthers: Armed resistance to oppression Rather than seek racial integration…black power seeks justice, economic power, federal leadership, political power, and African-American representation in law enforcement.