1. Civil Rights Movement Pt 2
Major Events

2. Events Montgomery Bus Boycott- 1955;
Rosa Parks refused to give up seat to white passenger on a segregated bus; arrested
Af Ams started boycott against city buses to end segregation
Martin Luther King- helped lead boycott
President of SCLC- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Advocated non-violent protesting to gain attention and rights
Lasted a year; successful; city agreed to desegregate busses
Sit-Ins- non-violent protests ( )
College students sat at segregated lunch counters in protest; many arrested; faced violent reactions
Would have more students to take place of those arrested
Also boycotts of businesses that discriminated

5. Events Freedom Rides-1961; series of bus tours
To see if “separate but equal” was true in interstate travel
Black and white college students rode buses through south
Attacked several times; fire-bombed
Organized by CORE- Congress of Racial Equality
Desegregation of the University of Mississippi- 1961
James Meredith tried to enroll, denied twice
Court order said they had to enroll him; sent US Marshals to protect him
Campus rioted, 2 were killed; army sent to restore order
Desegregation of University of Alabama- 1963
Gov. George Wallace tried to block black students
Forrest Gump scene

16. Events Birmingham Protests-1963- site of several protests
Thousands arrested, including MLK
Wrote famous Letter from Birmingham Jail
Encouraged civil-disobedience through non-violence
Civil disobedience = purposefully disobeying laws; usually peacefully
16th Street Baptist Church- bombed by white supremacists
Killed 4 young girls; led to support for Civil Rights
Media coverage showed marchers being hosed by firefighters, beaten by police, attacked by dogs; bombings
Convinced JFK to pass stronger Civil Rights Act
Hurt image of US- Soviets could use for propaganda

22. Events March on DC- 1963; over 200,000 gathered in DC to protest
Wanted a civil rights bill
Where MLK delivered “I Have A Dream” speech
Freedom Summer- Summer of 1964
100s of volunteers (white and black) traveled rural areas of Miss. to register black voters
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
1960; helped register voters; used sit-ins; March on Washington
3 volunteers (two white, one black) disappeared
Discovered bodies in local dam; had been tortured and shot by law enforcement

26. Freedom Summer Effects
Over the course of the ten-week project:
4 civil rights workers were killed (one in a head-on collision)
3 Mississippi blacks were murdered because of their support for the civil rights movement
4 people were critically wounded
80 Freedom Summer workers were beaten
1,062 people were arrested (volunteers and locals)
37 churches were bombed or burned
30 Black homes or businesses were bombed or burned
1964- only 6.7% of Mississippi's voting-age blacks were registered to vote, 16.3% below the national average
% were registered to vote, 5.5% above the national average

27. Events March from Selma to Montgomery (1965)
50 mile walk
Tried 3 times
Used to bring attention to lack of voting rights
Also to show police brutality
Protest murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson- black man killed by state trooper; tried for 4 years to register to vote; never could
First march stopped when Alabama state troopers attacked marchers; called “Bloody Sunday”
Second March forced to turn around
3rd attempt was successful
MLK helped lead march
Protected by federal troops, FBI agents, federal marshals

33. Diversity of the Movement
Racial diversity- mainly black, but support from white people
Religious diversity-Christian churches, Catholic, Jewish
Class diversity- mainly middle class, but poor people also
Regional diversity- all over; both supporting and protesting segregation