1. Section 2
Triumphs of a Crusade

2. Freedom Rides (1961) Bus Desegregation challenged
White leaders in the South ignore SC ruling about desegregating busses

3. Black and white activists (CORE and SNCC) sat together on buses headed towards south
Encountered violence
Used Federal Marshalls to integrate buses, lunch counters, restrooms

4. Colleges Colleges were still segregated and needed to be desegregated
James Meredith

5. James Meredith: Black Air Force Veteran
U Miss all white up to 1962
James Meredith: Black Air Force Veteran
Fed Marshalls had to escort him
Lots of violence and riots to keep him out

6. University of Alabama All white up to 1963
George Wallace=Alabama gov. that tried to prevent blacks from attending
Fed marshals used here too

7. Birmingham April 1963, MLK asked to come lead peaceful demonstrations
Arrested and thrown in jail
May 2, 1000 black children march, almost all arrested
May 3, 2nd Crusade
Law enforcement ready and react violently
June 11, NAACP leader Medgar Evans is assassinated

8. Result Because of coverage city government agreed to end segregation
Inspired other communities to rise up
Inspired Kennedy to write new Civil Rights Legislation

9. Civil Rights Act 1964 Passes easily for two reasons 1. March on DC
I have a Dream
2. Carry out legacy of JFK
What did it do?
Prohibited most forms of discrimination
Race , religion, Gender, Ethnicity
Now needed to be enforced

10. Demanding Voting Rights
Freedom Summer 1964
Group of mostly college students that attempt to register AA voters in South, met with violence
24th Amendment (1964)
Eliminated having to pay a fee to vote--poll taxes

11. Selma March 7, 1965 Protest voting injustices
Met with a lot of violence
Media captured it
2nd March on the 21st : occurred with gov protection
Also covered by media
Nat. gov had to act

12. 1965 Voting Rights Act Summer 65
Gov. eliminated having to pass a literacy test to vote
Allowed National Government to Register blacks
Previously had to go through Racist local officials
End result: # of registered voters tripled