1. Chapter 29
Taking on Segregation

3. Thurgood Marshall NAACP 29 out of 32 Cases in Supreme Court
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

4. Ended legalized segregation in the entire United States
Brown v Board of Education, 1954
Ended legalized segregation in the entire United States

7. Rosa Parks Decided to fight segregation
Sat on the first row of seats on a bus
When asked to move refused
Arrested

9. Bus Boycott
Organized by a little known pastor of local church who really did not want to do it.
Refusal to ride buses
Marched every where
Rode in cars and organized rides for all
Supreme court finally rued that bus segregation was illegal

10. The Little known Pastor was Martin Luther King Jr.

11. SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Non-violent protest against segregation

12. SNCC Students Nonviolent coordinating committees
Picture is Atlanta Division

15. Freedom Riders

17. The March on Washington (I have a dream Speech)

18. Civil Rights Act of 1957
Established Federal Commission of Civil Rights
Established a Civil Right division in the Justice Department to enforce Civil Rights Laws
Enlarged Federal power to protect voting rights

19. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned most discrimination in employment and in public accommodations
Enlarged federal power to protect voting rights and speed up school desegregation
Established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to ensure fair treatment in employment

20. Voting Rights Act of 1965 Eliminated voter literacy tests
Enable federal examiners to register voters

21. Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited discrimination in the sale and rental of most housing
Strengthened anti lynching laws
Made it a crime to harm civil rights workers

22. Types of Segregation sought
De facto segregation
Segregation that exists by practice and custom
De jure segregation
Segregation by law

23. One of the worst violent outbreaks in the history of the US
Watts, California

25. New Leaders begin to emerge

26. Stokely Carmichael
Black Power
Black Panthers

27. April 4, 1968

28. James Earl Ray

29. Affirmative Action
Efforts to consciously hire or employ people who have been discriminated against