THE MOVEMENT GROWS -protests of continued segregation -1960 Greensboro Sit-in movement -Freedom Riders
THE MOVEMENT GROWS -protests of continued segregation -1960 Greensboro Sit-in movement -Freedom Riders
THE MOVEMENT GROWS -protests of continued segregation -1960 Greensboro Sit-in movement -Freedom Riders
BIRMINGHAM AS AN EXAMPLE -protestors meet with violence -April, 1963 police use dogs, and fire hoses on protestors Bull Connor -bad publicity -Justice Dept. finally steps in -Kennedy voices support
BIRMINGHAM AS AN EXAMPLE -protestors meet with violence -April, 1963 police use dogs, and fire hoses on protestors Bull Connor -bad publicity -Justice Dept. finally steps in -Kennedy voices support
UNIVERSITY TROUBLES -James Meredith U. of Mississippi -George Wallace Gov. of Alabama -Kennedy uses Federal agents and troops to confront segregationist state leaders
UNIVERSITY TROUBLES -James Meredith U. of Mississippi -George Wallace Gov. of Alabama -Kennedy uses Federal agents and troops to confront segregationist state leaders
MARCH ON WASHINGTON -August 1963 Emancipation in 1863 -promote civil rights -held outside Lincoln Memorial -MLK Jr. speech “I have a Dream”
MARCH ON WASHINGTON -August 1963 Emancipation in 1863 -promote civil rights -held outside Lincoln Memorial -MLK Jr. speech “I have a Dream”
CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION -Kennedy assassination Nov. 1963 -civil rights in question -Johnson pledges to support movement -Nation is inspired by Kennedy’s goals -Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in all public places
CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION -Passage of the 24th Amendment 1964 -Freedom Summer 1964 -Voting in Mississippi -Selma, Alabama voting drive Selma to Montgomery March -Voting Rights Act of 1965
CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION -Passage of the 24th Amendment 1964 -Freedom Summer 1964 -Voting in Mississippi -Selma, Alabama voting drive Selma to Montgomery March -Voting Rights Act of 1965
CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION -Passage of the 24th Amendment 1964 -Freedom Summer 1964 -Voting in Mississippi -Selma, Alabama voting drive Selma to Montgomery March -Voting Rights Act of 1965