The Civil Rights Movement: Contents Key Concept Segregation School Desegregation The Montgomery Bus Boycott Sit-Ins Freedom Riders The March on Washington Voter Registration The End of the Movement

The Civil Rights Movement We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write it in the books of law. ~ President Lyndon Johnson I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. ~ Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

Key Concept: Discuss how the black civil rights movement evolved during the 1950s and 1960s. To discuss the evolution of the black civil rights movement, explain each of the three developments in one paragraph each (3 paragraphs total). For African Americans, the path from slavery to full civil rights was long and difficult. Several developments during the 1950s and 1960s legally guaranteed them full citizenship: Civil Rights for African Americans Development: Warren Court Brown v. Board of Education Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 24th Amendment Johnson Presidency Protests Montgomery Bus Boycott Sit-Ins