1. Expansion of Civil Rights

3. I. Civil Rights Movement 1.1961-”Freedom Summer” 2.Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) 3.Desegregation!!! 4.Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy 5.Fed. troops

4. Civil Rights Movement (cont’d) 6.1962-JFK protects James Meredith 7.MLK  Birmingham, AL  arrest 8.“Letter from Birmingham Jail”

7. Civil Rights Movement (cont’d) 9.Gov. George Wallace 1.Pro-segregation 10. 1963—University of Alabama 11.August 28, 1963: most successful march in U.S. history 12.“I Have a Dream” speech

10. II. Legislation 1.Aside from Vietnam: LBJ at home 2.24 th Amendment: Ends poll tax 3.Civil Rights Act of 1964 1.EEOC 2.Race, religion, ethnic origin, or gender 4.End Segregation Everywhere!!!! 5.Voting???

12. Legislation (cont’d) 6.Voting Rights Act of 1965 1.Literacy tests illegal 2.National voter reg. system

13. Malcolm X Stokely Carmichael

14. III. Malcolm X and the Black Panthers 1.Malcolm X 2.Critical of MLK 3.“Uncle Toms” 4.Violence may be necessary for protection

15. Malcolm X and the Black Panthers (cont’d) 5. Stokely Carmichael 6.Black Panthers 7.Kerner Commission 1.Poverty 2.No opportunity 8. “Long Hot Summers” 1.Race Riots 9.April 4, 1968—King assasinated

18. IV. Great Society: LBJ’s Legacy 1.Office of Equal Opportunity 2.Head Start 3.Medicare/Medicaid 4.Dept. of HUD 5.Immigration Act 1.Repeals quotas

19. Great Society: LBJ’s Legacy (cont’d) 6. Nat. Endowment for the Humanities 1. Arts/Culture 7. Dept. of Trans. 8. ↑ funding for univ. and colleges 9. ↑ role of the gov.