Civil Rights Movement Notes By Mr. Ruane
A cartoon threatening that the KKK would lynch carpetbaggers.
Civil Rights Movement I Goals 1. End Segregation 2. Voting rights 3. End discrimination in the workplace 4. Federal laws against lynching
National Urban League logo Above a CORE protest
Civil Rights Movement II Groups that worked for equality of the races 1. NAACP- National Association for the - Advancement of Colored People - Was a multiracial organization- used courts and congress to change laws. 2. National Urban League- Helped African - Americans who moved to the Northern cities. 3. CORE- Congress of Racial Equality - Advocated change through peaceful confrontation (interracial)
Louis Farrakhan Current leader Malcolm X Nation of Islam Banner
Groups continued 4. SCLC- (Martin Luther King Jr.) - Did bus boycott in Chicago. - Nonviolent protest and Civil Disobedience 5. Black Panthers- Militant black political party. - Believed in Black Power, Black is Beautiful. - Called on African Americans to lead their own communities. 6. Nation of Islam (Malcolm X) - Believed in Black Nationalism - Were NOT nonviolent - Opposed integration
Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist on the podium after the 200m in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Civil Rights Movement III Strategies used achieve goals A. Nonviolence Methods 1. Worked to change laws (federal anti- lynching laws) 2. Sit-ins- Protesters sat themselves in segregated areas and refused to move. 3. Freedom Rides- Interracial groups traveled the south challenging segregated bus terminals.
Strategies continued 4. Marches- Peaceful protest at important places. Ex. “March on Washington” 200,000 people & “I have a dream speech” 5. Boycotts- Blacks boycotted segregated places to cause change. Ex. Chicago bus boycott lasted for over a year. (They won)
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