Civil Rights Revolution TCI 44.
Brown V. Board of Education said segregation in public school is unconstitutional. African Americans were ready to take risks to stand up to unfair laws. What type of risks were they willing to take?
TRUE OR FALSE On the first day of a bus boycott to protest segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, 90% of the city’s African American riders stayed off the buses
TRUE OR FALSE Between 1957 and 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled more than 6 million miles to lead demonstrations and speak out against racial discrimination.
TRUE OR FALSE On the first day of desegregation at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, 9 African Americans students faced an angry mob numbering about 1,000 people.
TRUE OR FALSE After college students staged a “sit-in” at an all white lunch counter in North Carolina to protest segregation, almost10similar sit-ins were held in 7 states within a year.
TRUE OR FALSE Children, if they were at least 10 years old, were arrested when demonstrating against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama
TRUE OR FALSE Nearly 1,000 people traveled from around the country to Washington, D.C., to participate in a 1963 demonstration protesting racial discrimination.
TRUE OR FALSE In the summer of 1964 in Mississippi, nearly 10 black homes were firebombed and almost 20 demonstrators were beaten.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Bring the Bus Segregation to Life
Become your Character Review your notes Review chapter 44 Section 2 Think about what will your character think, feel and do
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Integration of Central High School 1957
Lunch Counter Sit Ins 1960
Bring the Sit Ins to life
Become your Character Review your notes Review chapter 44 Section 4 Think about what will your character think, feel and do
How it went down
Sit Ins 1960
Freedom Rides 1961
Birmingham Campaign 1963 “Keep your Eyes on the Prize..”
Birmingham Campaign 1963
“Bomb”ingham Police Chief Bull Connor used dogs and high powered hoses to stopped peaceful protestors.
“Bomb”ingham (16 th St. Church Bombing”
March on Washington 1963
Bring the March on Washington to Life
Become your Character Review your notes Review chapter 44 Section 6 Think about what will your character think, feel and do
March on Washington
I Have a Dream!
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act 1965
SELMA
Voting Rights Act of 1965