1. Fight for Equality and Justice
GOVT Notes 6-8

2. Fight for Equality and Justice
Sit-In Movement (1960)
Black students in Greensboro, NC demanded to be served at lunch counters

3. Fight for Equality and Justice
Letters from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
MLK criticizes America for allowing racism to continue, demands freedom for blacks
Video

4. Fight for Equality and Justice
Civil Rights Act of 1964
End segregation of public places
Banned job discrimination due to race, religion, gender, and national origin

5. Fight for Equality and Justice
24th Amendment:
Outlawed the poll tax
NO paying to vote

6. Fight for Equality and Justice
Selma March (Alabama 1965)
MLK’s campaign for equal voting rights
March for Freedom from Selma to Montgomery
Video

7. Fight for Equality and Justice
Selma March (Alabama 1965)

8. Fight for Equality and Justice
Selma March (Alabama 1965)
Bloody Sunday: Marchers beaten by police
Video

9. Fight for Equality and Justice
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Allowed Justice Dept. to register voters and protect voting rights
Ended the literacy test

10. Fight for Equality and Justice
MLK Assassinated (April 4th, 1968)
Preparing to lead Poor People’s Campaign for an end to poverty and unemployment
Video: King’s Last Speech

11. Fight for Equality and Justice
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Outlawed discrimination in housing sales
Dept. of Justice can prosecute discrimination claims