Fight for Equality and Justice History Notes 14-4
Fight for Equality and Justice Sit-In Movement (1960) Students in Greensboro, NC demanded to be served at lunch counters
Fight for Equality and Justice Civil Rights Act of 1964 End segregation of public places Banned job discrimination due to race, religion, gender, and national origin
Fight for Equality and Justice 24th Amendment: Outlawed the poll tax NO paying to vote
Fight for Equality and Justice Video: The Murder of Jimmy Lee Jackson by Alabama State Troopers (February 1965 – Marion, Alabama)
Fight for Equality and Justice Selma March (Alabama 1965) MLK’s campaign for equal voting rights March for Freedom from Selma to Montgomery Video
Fight for Equality and Justice Selma March (Alabama 1965)
Fight for Equality and Justice Selma March (Alabama 1965) Bloody Sunday: Marchers beaten by police Video
Fight for Equality and Justice Voting Rights Act of 1965 Allowed Justice Dept. to register voters and protect voting rights Ended the literacy test used to disenfranchise black votes
Fight for Equality and Justice MLK Assassinated (April 4th, 1968) Preparing to lead Poor People’s Campaign for an end to poverty and unemployment Video: King’s Last Speech
Fight for Equality and Justice Civil Rights Act of 1968 Outlawed discrimination in housing sales Dept. of Justice can prosecute discrimination claims