1. “Southern Justice” (Murder in Mississippi)

2. MOST IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Federal govt. has broad power to prevent racial discrimination and racial segregation made illegal

3. MOST IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Banned literacy tests; empowered the U.S. Attorney General to register qualified voters to bypass local officials and states that had a history of discrimination amongst minorities; and the Federal govt. has overview of elections

4. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – PUSH FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
Sheriff Jim Clark, Dallas County, Alabama
“Selma to Montgomery March”

5. MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
[1] Power of “Each Other” – their determination & perseverance
[2] Power of the Media

6. Housing Desegregation – Northern Cities
“Chicago Campaign”
- Housing desegregation
Housing Desegregation – Northern Cities

7. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – Economic Problems
Chicago Campaign
- Housing desegregation, quality education & health care, transportation improvements, job opportunities, & community development
Housing Desegregation in Northern Cities

8. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – Economic Problems
Watts Riots
in Los Angeles
Detroit Riots
July, 1967
** One of the deadliest and most destructive riots in U.S. History

9. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – “Black Power” Movement
Self-defense
Violence if necessary
Control of their own lives
Malcolm X
Tough upbringing
Prison “conversion”
Support “black nationalism”
Black Panthers

10. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – Black Power Movement
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
** April 4, 1968

11. Counter-Culture of the 1960’s-70’s
Folk Music