1. PHONES UP Have your LBJ chart out

2. Warm Up
Which piece of Great Society legislation do you think made the most impact on society and why?
Be ready to discuss with the class!

3. 1960’s Civil Rights Nonviolent vs. Violent

4. Harsh Reality for African Americans
Segregation (even after SC rulings)
Schools, public services, private buildings, neighborhoods
Voter Suppression
Poll taxes
Literacy tests
Violence and intimidation
Higher unemployment
Discrimination

5. Integration Hostility James Meredith - University of Mississippi
First African American to attend, 1962
Riots, two students killed

7. Violent Civil Rights Groups
Malcolm X
Went to jail, discovered Nation of Islam aka Black Muslims (“Whites are devils”)
Met orthodox Muslims in Mecca (“Equality for all races...only blacks can free themselves”)
Created Organization of Afro-American Unity
Shot by a Black Muslim at his own rally (1965)
Black Panthers (1966)
Militant self-defense

8. Non - Violent Organizations and their Methods
SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Freedom Rides and Sit Ins
Voting registration
break from nonviolence
CORE - Congress of Racial Equality
Freedom Rides
NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Thurgood Marshall
court cases
SCLC - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
MLK
Boycotts
Marches
Civil Disobedience

10. Martin Luther King Jr. Remember Montgomery Bus Boycott? SCLC president
Boycotts and Sit Ins in Birmingham, Alabama
Why do you think he went to jail here?
Wrote his famous set of documents, Letters from Birmingham Jail

11. Letters from Birmingham Jail
Read the section given from MLK’s letter and answer the following questions (yes you can write on it!)
Summarize MLK’s point of view - what is the message he is trying to send?
What arguments does he make to try to get readers to understand his point of view?
highlight/underline a quote that you liked the best. Explain why?
Be ready to discuss in pods

12. March on Washington “I Have a Dream” (August 1963)
What does he dream for Mississippi?
What does he dream for his kids?
What is the purpose of the speech?

13. Civil Rights Legislation
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Ensured all African Americans have the right to vote
Still had poll taxes and literacy tests, sound fair?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act 1965

14. Exit Ticket - Video Questions
Why did people look up to MLK?
What are some examples of nonviolent ways to protest?
What was the purpose of the March on Washington?