1. Civil Rights Gain Ground
(early 1960s)

2. Student Activism
Feb 1, 1960: Greensboro, NC – Woolworth’s lunch counter
“Wade-ins”, “read-ins”, etc.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) – grassroots movement

4. Woolworth’s converted to museum… lunch counter at Smithsonian in DC

5. Freedom Riders Draw attention to problem @ federal level
May 1961: org. by CORE
Ride 2 buses through deep south
Violence? Convince Prez. to enforce law
Firebombs, beaten, mobs

7. JFK Must Act Spring 1963: marches in Birmingham, AL
MLK personally joins march, arrest – “Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Photos of dogs, water
JFK proposes sweeping civil rights legislation

8. March on Washington: Aug 28, 1963
Pressure Congress to pass new bill
Major civil rights grps all there
200k demonstrators; peaceful
“I have a dream” speech

9. Civil Rights Act of 1964 JFK assassinated Nov 1963– new prez LBJ
Strong opposition in Congress; LBJ threw all support behind it
Success!!!!
Banned segregation in public
Fed gov’t can force schools to deseg.
Justice Dept can prosecute
EEOC – no discrimination in employment

10. “I Have a Dream”
dream