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Triumphs of a Crusade

Emmet Till

Freedom Riders A trip of two buses across the south, fighting segregation of public buses – hoping to force the JFK admin. into action. Riders on Bus #1 were beaten at the Ala. state line. –Bus #2 continued.

Freedom Riders Bus companies refused to travel further into the South Riders beaten in Birmingham Bobby Kennedy intervened After beatings in Montgomery, JFK gave the riders U.S. Marshals for protection. Interstate Commerce Commission banned segregation in all interstate travel facilities.

Integrating Ole Miss. James Meredith: Air Force vet. who was allowed to enroll in the all-white U. of Miss. JFK supplied Fed. Marshals to escort Meredith to classes

Heading into Birmingham Birmingham: “Most segregated city in the U.S.” MLK assigned to desegregate the city –Arrested / posted bail May 2: 1000 A.A. children marched –Police Chief Bull Connor arrested 959 May 3: Second children march –Met w/police dogs, fire hoses, beatings –All on t.v. City was desegregated

March to Washington Aug. 28, 1963: 250,000 marched on D.C. –“I Have a Dream” July 2, 1964: Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed –Ended discrimination in most public accommodations / employment –Protected voting rights / speed up school desegregation.

Freedom Summer Freedom Summer: 1964 project to register A.A. voters in Miss. Recruitment of college students Racial beatings, burning of homes, business, and churches.

New Political Party Miss. Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP): Fannie Lou Hammer would rep. them in the 1964 Dem. Nat. Convention. LBJ’s compromise: Give 2 of Miss. 68 Democratic seats to the MFDP and ban discrimination in the ’68 election. –MFDP / SNCC felt betrayed.

The March from Selma 1965: Voting rights campaign in Selma, Ala. –2000 demonstrators arrested, one killed MLK: 50 mile march from Selma to Montgomery March 7, campaign started –Confronted by Selma and Alabama state police: “Bloody Sunday” –Beatings shown on t.v. 25,000 marched to Mont. on March 21 (protected by the National Guard) –White / Black / Jewish, etc

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Eliminated: –Literacy tests for voting –Gave fed. examiners power to enroll voters

1968 Olympics

Malcolm X