1. Topic 8c- The Continuation and End to the Civil Rights Movement
Student Objectives
Explain the March on Washington and the major points of MLK’s I Have a Dream Speech
Analyze the legislation passed to advance civil rights in the 1960s
Compare and contrast the different approaches and viewpoints of advancing Civil Rights among Civil Rights leaders
Evaluate the major successes and failures of the Civil Rights Movement

2. March on Washington Nonviolent protest planned for Washington DC
Put pressure on Congress to pass Civil Rights Bill
March on Washington (August 1963)
Over 200,000-diverse group (25% white)
Peaceful and festive
Highlight-Speech by King
I Have a Dream
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Increased awareness for movement and passage of Civil Rights bill
Has come to symbolize Civil Rights Movement
What was the goal of protesting in Washington DC? Who were the people that showed up to protest at the March on Washington?
Watch King’s speech. What are the major tenants of his speech? What are parts of King’s “dream”?
How was the March a success for the Civil Rights Movement?

3. Passing Civil Rights
Less than three weeks after march- bomb went off in 16th Street Church in Birmingham
4 young African American girls killed
Two months later-JFK assassinated
LBJ-supported civil rights
Huge opposition to passing Bill
Use of 80 day filibuster
Passing of Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned segregation in public places
Federal government ability to force state and local governments to desegregate
Justice Dept. allowed to prosecute individuals who violated civil rights
Outlawed discrimination for employment
What happened at the 16th Street Church in September of 1963?
What is a filibuster? How did Congress attempt to use this to prevent passage of Civil Rights Act?
What were the major components of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Does it seem to be enough?

4. Continued Setback and Protest
Still no ability to vote
Freedom Summer
Volunteers went throughout Mississippi to register black voters
Civil Rights Workers killed
MLK and Selma
Many confrontations on Edmund Pettus Bridge-Bloody Sunday
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Successes for Voting
Voting Rights of 1965
No literacy tests and power of federal government to oversee voter registration
24th Amendment
No poll taxes
What were some of the ways Southern states prevented African-Americans from having the ability to vote?
What was the goal of the Freedom Summer? How were workers attacked?
What do you notice as you watch the coverage from Bloody Sunday and Selma?
What were the successes that were obtained for African-Americans for voting rights?

5. Different Approaches to Civil Rights
Still unrest-economic inequality
Race riots across country
Started by African-Americans
Malcolm X-black pride and separate identity/unity of African Americans
Black Panthers-armed patrols and carrying of weapons to enforce civil rights
Violent confrontation with police and others
King-nonviolent approach to combat economic inequality
Went on tour across US
Assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
Riots broke out across country
What were some of the major reasons why there was still unrest with African-Americans even after Civil Rights and Voting Act?
What was the idea for Civil Rights as proposed by Malcolm X and the Black Panthers?
What was King’s approach to economic inequality? How was this cut short and what was the reaction across the country?

6. Results of Civil Rights Movement
Eliminated segregation and got African- Americans involved in political process
Poverty rates fell, median income and graduation rates rose
Fair Housing Act of 1968-no housing discrimination
Still economic gap between blacks and whites
Affirmative Action- blacks given special consideration for jobs and college admission due to past wrongs
Where do we stand today?
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What were some of the major successes of the Civil Rights Movement? What were some of the Civil Rights’ Movements shortcomings?
What is Affirmative Action? What seems positive about this policy? What seems possibly unfair or bad about this policy?
What can be seen for African-American progress today? Are African-Americans equal? What have been advances made? What still needs improvement?