Civil Rights Act of 1964 Federal govt. has broad power to prevent racial discrimination and racial segregation made illegal “Mississippi Burning” movie (1980) Depicting 1967 FBI investigation

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – PUSH FOR VOTER REGISTRATION Sheriff Jim Clark, Dallas County, Alabama “Selma to Montgomery March”

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Banned literacy tests, and empowered the federal govt. to oversee voter registration and elections in states that had a history of discrimination amongst minorities

Housing Desegregation – Northern Cities “Chicago Campaign” - Housing desegregation Housing Desegregation – Northern Cities

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – Economic Problems Chicago Campaign - Housing desegregation, quality education & health care, transportation improvements, job opportunities, & community development Housing Desegregation in Northern Cities

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – Economic Problems Watts Riots - 1965 in Los Angeles Detroit Riots July, 1967 ** One of the deadliest and most destructive riots in U.S. History

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – “Black Power” Movement Self-defense Violence if necessary Control of their own lives Malcolm X Tough upbringing Prison “conversion” Support “black nationalism” Black Panthers

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – Black Power Movement Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. ** April 4, 1968

MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT [1] Power of “Each Other” – their determination & perseverance [2] Power of the Media

KKK in the 1960’s

KKK and White Supremacy Today

Banned White Supremacy Images in Germany

1960`s Counterculture Referred to an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon developed first in the United States.

Hippie Culture

Hippie Culture Clothing: By wearing cheap surplus clothes, recycled from earlier decades and repaired with patches, they showed that they were rejecting both consumerism and the social class structure.

Counter-Culture of the 1960’s-70’s Folk Music