The Civil Rights Movement Gaining rights for African Americans

The Civil Rights Movement  What was the status of African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s?  Segregation ( De Facto & De Jure)  Public injustice  Treated as second class citizens  What was the status of African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s?  Segregation ( De Facto & De Jure)  Public injustice  Treated as second class citizens

The Civil Rights Movement  Since the 1880s until the 1950s, laws existed that segregated African Americans from whites in the south  Jim Crow Laws: Laws that forced the separation of whites and blacks in public facilities (Drinking fountains, restaurants, schools)  Since the 1880s until the 1950s, laws existed that segregated African Americans from whites in the south  Jim Crow Laws: Laws that forced the separation of whites and blacks in public facilities (Drinking fountains, restaurants, schools)

The Civil Rights Movement

 Segregation of the races was common in the South until the 1950s  Progress starts with Pres. Truman desegregating the Army during World War II the 1940s  Integration of the races would continue in other aspects of society  Segregation of the races was common in the South until the 1950s  Progress starts with Pres. Truman desegregating the Army during World War II the 1940s  Integration of the races would continue in other aspects of society

The Civil Rights Movement   Who is this man?   Who is this man?

The Civil Rights Movement  How does the Civil Rights Movement start?  Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. emerges as a leader for Civil Rights in 1955  How does the Civil Rights Movement start?  Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. emerges as a leader for Civil Rights in 1955

The Civil Rights Movement

 King uses and encourages non-violent methods of protest  MLK organizes groups of African Americans to protest against Jim Crow Laws through the use of:  Civil Disobedience: Deliberately breaking a law peacefully in order to draw attention to an injustice (Lunch counter sit ins, sitting in the white section of a bus…)  King uses and encourages non-violent methods of protest  MLK organizes groups of African Americans to protest against Jim Crow Laws through the use of:  Civil Disobedience: Deliberately breaking a law peacefully in order to draw attention to an injustice (Lunch counter sit ins, sitting in the white section of a bus…)

The Civil Rights Movement

 In the early 1960s another leader for Civil Rights emerges:  Malcolm X  In the early 1960s another leader for Civil Rights emerges:  Malcolm X

The Civil Rights Movement

 Malcolm X promoted integration and equality by “any means necessary”  He was successful at making the Civil Rights Movement a national issue, and not just a local fight in the South  Malcolm X promoted integration and equality by “any means necessary”  He was successful at making the Civil Rights Movement a national issue, and not just a local fight in the South