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1 THE MOVEMENT GROWS -protests of continued segregation -1960 Greensboro Sit-in movement -Freedom Riders

2 THE MOVEMENT GROWS -protests of continued segregation -1960 Greensboro Sit-in movement -Freedom Riders

3 THE MOVEMENT GROWS -protests of continued segregation -1960 Greensboro Sit-in movement -Freedom Riders

4 BIRMINGHAM AS AN EXAMPLE
-protestors meet with violence -April, 1963 police use dogs, and fire hoses on protestors Bull Connor -bad publicity -Justice Dept. finally steps in -Kennedy voices support

5 BIRMINGHAM AS AN EXAMPLE
-protestors meet with violence -April, 1963 police use dogs, and fire hoses on protestors Bull Connor -bad publicity -Justice Dept. finally steps in -Kennedy voices support

6 UNIVERSITY TROUBLES -James Meredith U. of Mississippi -George Wallace Gov. of Alabama -Kennedy uses Federal agents and troops to confront segregationist state leaders

7 UNIVERSITY TROUBLES -James Meredith U. of Mississippi -George Wallace Gov. of Alabama -Kennedy uses Federal agents and troops to confront segregationist state leaders

8 MARCH ON WASHINGTON -August 1963 Emancipation in 1863 -promote civil rights -held outside Lincoln Memorial -MLK Jr. speech “I have a Dream”

9 MARCH ON WASHINGTON -August 1963 Emancipation in 1863 -promote civil rights -held outside Lincoln Memorial -MLK Jr. speech “I have a Dream”

10 CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
-Kennedy assassination Nov. 1963 -civil rights in question -Johnson pledges to support movement -Nation is inspired by Kennedy’s goals -Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in all public places

11 CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
-Passage of the 24th Amendment 1964 -Freedom Summer 1964 -Voting in Mississippi -Selma, Alabama voting drive Selma to Montgomery March -Voting Rights Act of 1965

12 CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
-Passage of the 24th Amendment 1964 -Freedom Summer 1964 -Voting in Mississippi -Selma, Alabama voting drive Selma to Montgomery March -Voting Rights Act of 1965

13 CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
-Passage of the 24th Amendment 1964 -Freedom Summer 1964 -Voting in Mississippi -Selma, Alabama voting drive Selma to Montgomery March -Voting Rights Act of 1965

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