Expansion of Civil Rights
I. Civil Rights Movement ”Freedom Summer” 2.Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) 3.Desegregation!!! 4.Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy 5.Fed. troops
Civil Rights Movement (cont’d) JFK protects James Meredith 7.MLK Birmingham, AL arrest 8.“Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Civil Rights Movement (cont’d) 9.Gov. George Wallace 1.Pro-segregation —University of Alabama 11.August 28, 1963: most successful march in U.S. history 12.“I Have a Dream” speech
II. Legislation 1.Aside from Vietnam: LBJ at home 2.24 th Amendment: Ends poll tax 3.Civil Rights Act of EEOC 2.Race, religion, ethnic origin, or gender 4.End Segregation Everywhere!!!! 5.Voting???
Legislation (cont’d) 6.Voting Rights Act of Literacy tests illegal 2.National voter reg. system
Malcolm X Stokely Carmichael
III. Malcolm X and the Black Panthers 1.Malcolm X 2.Critical of MLK 3.“Uncle Toms” 4.Violence may be necessary for protection
Malcolm X and the Black Panthers (cont’d) 5. Stokely Carmichael 6.Black Panthers 7.Kerner Commission 1.Poverty 2.No opportunity 8. “Long Hot Summers” 1.Race Riots 9.April 4, 1968—King assasinated
IV. Great Society: LBJ’s Legacy 1.Office of Equal Opportunity 2.Head Start 3.Medicare/Medicaid 4.Dept. of HUD 5.Immigration Act 1.Repeals quotas
Great Society: LBJ’s Legacy (cont’d) 6. Nat. Endowment for the Humanities 1. Arts/Culture 7. Dept. of Trans. 8. ↑ funding for univ. and colleges 9. ↑ role of the gov.