1. We Shall Overcome
Events in the History of the Civil Rights Movement for African Americans

2. The Jim Crow Laws Had to overcome lesser quality facilities
Had to overcome general ridicule and racism

3. Booker T. Washington Overcame slavery
Overcame discrimination and started the Tuskegee Institute to educate blacks

4. WEB DuBois Overcame lynching by speaking out against it
Overcame by trying to create anti-lynching laws

5. Courage Against Harassment
Overcame KKK
Overcame hate of the KKK by staying w/ God

6. The Harlem Renaissance
Overcame segregation of music clubs-that allowed blacks to perform
Overcame w/ jazz and blues music-Duke Ellington
By being talented

7. Sports Accomplishments
Overcame racism by performing well in sports
Overcame negative threats from white teamates
Jackie Robinson

8. Brown v Board of Education
Overcame school desegregation by suing the school board and winning
1954
Overcame crowded black schools by integrating

9. Rosa Parks/Bus Boycott
Overcame discrimination by refusing to give her seat on a segregated bus
Overcame by boycotting the bus system

10. Importance of Church
Overcame by showing Christian love to their enemies
Overcame racism through the teachings of Martin Luther kIng JR

11. School Desegregation
Overcame school segregation-espec governor of Arkansas who refused to let blacks go to school w/ whites- Little Rock 9

12. Civil Disobedience
Overcame segregation by doing sit-ins in whites only areas

13. Freedom Rides Overcame harassment threats and violence
Overcame by riding buses together

14. James Meredith Overcame being shot while marching for Civil Rights
Overcame segregation of schools by enrolling and being accepted anyway

15. Demonstrations Overcame by demonstrating for equal rights
Overcame by the March on Washington

16. Legislative Gains
Overcame political discrimination by passing laws that gave blacks complete equality-Civil Rights Act of 1964

17. Voting Rights
Overcame by getting Voting Rights for all citizens-Voting Rights Act of 1965