1. The Struggle Intensifies
Chapter 21, Section 3
The Struggle Intensifies

2. Setting the Scene “White folks’ secret” Anne Moody
Involved with civil rights
Family
Perseverance

3. Sit-ins
CORE: 1943
Method worked well
John Lewis
“Badge of honor”

4. Freedom Rides Boynton v. Virginia (1960) Freedom rides
Expanded desegregation
Freedom rides
Testing the southern states
First freedom ride
Turned violent
National Reactions

5. “Ole Miss”
James Meredith
Help from the NAACP
Violence

6. Clash in Birmingham Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth
“the most segregated city in America”
Eugene “Bull” Connor

7. “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Parade without a permit
Civil disobedience
MLK allowed young people to march
The nation watches…