2. Protest marches
Sit-ins
Freedom Rides

3. Nonviolent resistance
Vocabulary
Segregation
Nonviolent resistance

4. Segregation- forced separation of whites and blacks in public.

5. Non-violent resistance- peaceful public demonstrations.

7. Civil Rights Movement
Started after WWII (1945) from the returning vets. but didn’t see a lot of progress until the 1960’s.

8. James Farmer From Texas
A national leader of the civil rights movement.
Organized CORE (Congress of Racial Equality).
Emphasized non-violence & civil disobedience to protest against segregation.
James Farmer
Freedom Rides

9. Actor playing James Farmer in…
Receiving the Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton

10. President Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President from Texas.
Worked hard to get Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

11. James Farmer Jr.
President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting at the White House in 1964 with a group of civil rights leaders, from left, Roy Wilkins, James L. Farmer Jr., the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Whitney M. Young Jr.

12. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned segregation in public places.

13. Barbara Jordan & Henry B. Gonzalez
With the success of the civil rights movement
African-Americans & Hispanics gained more positions in Government.
In Texas of note are
Barbara Jordan
&
Henry B. Gonzalez

14. Barbara Jordan From Houston Elected as a state senator in 1966.
Elected to U.S. House of Representatives.
1st African-American to represent Texas in the U.S. Congress.
Barbara Jordan

15. Receiving Medal of Freedom award from President Bill Clinton

16. Henry B. Gonzalez
1956 he became the 1st Mexican-American elected to the Texas Senate.
Awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage in 1994.

17. Assignment Pg. 590-595 Identifying People and Ideas (1-10)
Choose 10 of the individuals/events & include them in a historically accurate sentence.
Include a picture for each one.

18. Quiz 1. Who was James Farmer Jr.?
2. What president of the U.S. signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
3. What is segregation?
4. Who was the first Mexican-American elected to the Texas Senate?
5. Who was the first African-American to represent Texas in the U.S. Congress?