1. SLOW PROGRESS
-by mid 60’s segregation was holding firm
-de facto segregation
-de jure segregation
-radicals methods were being discussed

2. SLOW PROGRESS
-by mid 60’s segregation was holding firm
-de facto segregation
-de jure segregation
-radicals methods were being discussed

3. EQUALITY NOW
-demand equality
a legal right that had been denied
-abandon non-violence if needed
-use force to demand rights

4. NEW TYPE OF MOVEMENT
-Is non-violence working???
-Medgar Evers assassinated
-Civil Rights leaders begin to question
-Should self-defense be used???
-Should assimilation be the goal???
-idea of racial pride develops

5. NEW TYPE OF MOVEMENT
-Is non-violence working???
-Medgar Evers assassinated
-Civil Rights leaders begin to question
-Should self-defense be used???
-Should assimilation be the goal???
-idea of racial pride develops

6. NATION OF ISLAM
-Elijah Muhammad
-Nation of Islam
embrace Islam as religion
encourage African Americans to separate their communities (black nationalism)
-teach self-respect and self-defense

7. MALCOLM X
-spokesman for Nation of Islam
-took the name X because his ancestors original name had been lost due to slavery
-advocated separation from whites and self-defense from racial prejudice and violence

8. BLACK POWER
-Stokely Carmicheal
had been a member of SNCC but believed goals were not being reached
-Black Power
control their own social, political, and economic lives
-advocated force if needed to gain equal rights
-not supported by King’s followers

9. BLACK POWER
-Stokely Carmicheal
had been a member of SNCC but believed goals were not being reached
-Black Power
control their own social, political, and economic lives
-advocated force if needed to gain equal rights
-not supported by King’s followers

10. MALCOLM X KILLED
-by 1964, he reversed to urge integration of society
-new view clashed with Nation of Islam policies
-”Ballots or Bullets”
-Assassinated by rival members of the Nation of Islam in NY 1965

11. Long Hot Summers
-refers to the racial tensions that filled America during the summer of 1966 and beyond
-Segregation held firm in north and south
-most rioting occurred in northern cities
-northern minorities wanted more than ending segregation

12. Black Panthers
-1966
-Bobby Seale,
Huey Newton
-radical agenda that accepted violence as a means of getting equal rights
“program for the people”
taking control of communities
full employment
military exemption

13. Black Panthers
-1966
-Bobby Seale,
Huey Newton
-radical agenda that accepted violence as a means of getting equal rights
“program for the people”
taking control of communities
full employment
military exemption

14. KING’S ASSASSINATION
-1968 Memphis, Tenn sanitation workers strike
-”I am not afraid to die…”
-James Earl Ray was charged with the killing
-major riots in over 100 U.S. cities

15. END OF THE MOVEMENT
-1968, Robert F. Kennedy was leading Democratic candidate for President
-assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in California
-major blow to continued civil rights efforts
-Death of the best leaders
-Nixon wins 1968 election

16. END OF THE MOVEMENT
-1968, Robert F. Kennedy was leading Democratic candidate for President
-assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in California
-major blow to continued civil rights efforts
-Death of the best leaders
-Nixon wins 1968 election

17. Civil Rights Legacy
-Kerner Commission Report
-end of de jure segregation
-Civil Rights Act of 1968
-greater racial pride
-political power greatly increased
-affirmative action programs