1. Civil Rights Movement Part II (1960’s)

2. The Freedom Riders (May, 1961)
Blacks and Whites take buses to the South to protest bus station segregation. Many are greeted with riots and beatings.

3. Trouble in Southern Universities
James Meredith- 1st black student admitted to University of Mississippi by a federal court
Alabama Governor George Wallace barred blacks from enrolling at Alabama until Kennedy called out the National Guard
George Wallace declares, “segregation today, tomorrow, and forever.”

4. Birmingham (1963, Bombingham)
MLK and SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) oppose local laws that support segregation
riots, firebombing and police are used against protestors
MLK arrested and wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail” a response to white clergymen asking blacks to be patient
issues statement of non-violent action
City agrees to desegregate public facilities

5. The Washington March (1963)
200,000 plus of blacks and whites gather before Lincoln Memorial to hear speeches and protest racial injustice
MLK - “I have a dream” speech

6. Civil Rights Legislation
24th amendment - poll tax outlawed
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed racial discrimination in public places, strengthens right to vote, and forbade discrimination in schools
Freedom Summer (1964)
sponsored by student non-violent coordinating committee (SNCC)
white and black students register black voters
3 are killed (Mississippi Burning), churches and homes burned
March from Selma to Montgomery
MLK leads 54 mile march to support black voter registration
MLK civil rights philosophy was non-violent protest and racial integration

7. Voting Rights Act of 1965
allowed federal examiners to register black voters where necessary
black voter registration grows by over 50%