1. The Civil Rights Movement Begins
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2. The South at the Start of the Movement
A. Jim Crow Laws
Laws that made segregation legal
B. KKK
Used fear and intimidation to limit African American rights
C. Denial of 15th Amendment
Gave right to vote in 1870
Used poll taxes, literacy tests, & intimidation to keep African Americans from voting

3. Early Civil Rights Events
A. 1947: Jackie Robinson became the first African American baseball player in the major league
B. 1948: President Truman desegregates the military

4. Thurgood Marshall & the NAACP
A. Marshall was attorney
B. Decided to fight school segregation in court system

5. Brown v. Board of Education
A. Challenged decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
Passed in 1896
Said that SEPARATE was LEGAL if it was EQUAL
B. Linda Brown’s parents sued school board so she could attend white school near home
C. Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was UNCONSTITUTIONAL
White School
African American School

6. Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
A. Ms. Parks refused to give up her seat
B. Boycott began
C. Demands:
Courteous treatment
1st come, 1st serve seats
African Americans will still sit toward back
Hire some black bus drivers
D. Last 381 days
E. Bus Company almost went bankrupt
F. 1956: Supreme Court ruled segregation of buses illegal

7. Martin Luther King Jr.
A. Became a Civil Rights leader came during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
B. Preached non-violent resistance:
Using only peaceful protest
C. Organized March on Washington in 1963
Gave famous “I Have a Dream Speech”
Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta Georgia to Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. At Morehouse College, King was mentored by Civil Rights leader Benjamin Mays. King later became minister of the Dexter Ave. Baptist Church. King started his campaign for Civil Rights during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After the movement, King helped found the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference.)
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8. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
A. Established by King and other ministers in 1957
B. Wanted to
End segregation
Encourage voter registration

9. Crisis at Little Rock 1957
A. 9 African American students were to admitted to all white Little Rock High School
B. Governor of Arkansas blocked door
C. President Eisenhower had to send federal troops to protect them

10. SIT-INS A. Form of protest used
B. Patrons refused to give up seats in segregated public facilities
C. Form of non-violent protest
D. Greensboro, N.C. diner most famous

11. Southern Resistance to Civil Rights
A. Southern Manifesto
Southerners promise to defy Supreme Court orders to desegregate
B. KKK used fear and intimidation
C. Massive Resistance: Southerner’s trying to stop Civil Rights movement