1. The Civil Rights Era

2. NAACPNAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

3. PlessyPlessy v. Ferguson Separate Separate but equal 1896 Thurgood Marshall : Chief lawyer for the NAACP

4. BrownBrown v. Board of Education Began integration in the schools

5. Little Rock, Arkansas…1957 TheThe Little Rock Nine Little Rock governor Orval Faubus opposed integration

6. President Eisenhower... Sent hundreds of soldiers to patrol the school grounds and protect the students.

7. WhenWhen did Rosa Park refuse to give up her seat on the bus? December 1, 1955 (lasted 1 year) Boycott : A refusal to use-the city’s buses 75% of riders were AfricanAmerican

8. Vocabulary  boycott – the refusal to use city buses  segregation – the separation of people of different races.  integration – the bringing of races together in public schools  civil disobedience – the refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust

9. He followed tactics of: A.Phillip Randolph and Gandhi (nonviolent protest) Who assassinated him? James Earl Ray in Memphis FamousFamous speech: I have a dream… ***He became the leader of the civil rights movement.

10. S C L C Southern Christian Leadership Conference started by King and 60 ministers – non violent protest

11. Mohandas Gandhi….. He used nonviolent protest to help India gain independence from Great Britain. civil disobedience : The refusal to obey the ways that are considered unjust.

12. Richard Nixon John Kennedy Section 2

13. 35 th president U.S. Navy –WW II U.S. Senator 1946/Mass. Wrote Profiles in Courage (about difficult decisions made by past U.S. senators) New Frontier First Catholic President of the U.S.

14. Republican Vice President under Eisenhower ParticipatedParticipated with Kennedy in 1 st televised debates (He looked sickly) Nixon – 49.5% Kennedy 49.7% Kennedy more electorial votes 303/219

15. KennedyKennedy – 49.7% Nixon – 49.5%

16.  Social programs  More money for education  Help poor people get jobs  Help African Americans fight for civil rights

17.  November 22, 1963  Dallas, Texas  Lee Harvey Oswald  Oswald killed by Jack Ruby

18. Kennedy’s Vice President:President Lyndon Johnson “Great“Great Society” WARWAR WARWAR ONON P O V E R T Y 22 years in Congress

19. Head Start Upward Bound - Job Corps VISTA - Volunteers in Service to America Head Start Upward Bound - Job Corps VISTA - Volunteers in Service to America Preschool education Helped poor kids attend college Training to young people who want work

20. HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development Helped fund public housing projects

21. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Prohibited discrimination against African Americans in employment, voting, and public accommodations.

22. Medicare : helped pay for medical care for senior citizens Medicaid: helped poor people pay hospital bills and people with disabilities Medicare : helped pay for medical care for senior citizens Medicaid: helped poor people pay hospital bills and people with disabilities

23. Section 3 The Struggle Continues

24. SitSit Ins: The act of protesting by sitting down

25. SNCCSNCC tudent onviolent oordination ommittee

26. A group of African Americans and white CORE (Congress of Racial Equality ) left D.C. bound for New Orleans called themselves….. FREEDOM RIDERS FREEDOM Interstate buses- buses that crossed state lines

27. Robert Kennedy, U.S. attorney general …… Called for a “cooling off period ” “We have been cooling off for 350 years. If we cool off any more, we will be a deep freeze.”

28. James Meredith 1 st African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi

29. GovGov. George Wallace at the University of Alabama

30. The Children’s March happened in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King and the SCLC chose B’ham for the desegregation protest. President Kennedy sent 3,000 troops to restore peace. He presented new legislation giving all Americans…..  Right to be served in public places  Barring discrimination in employment

31. March on Washington, D.C. 200,000 people / Dr. King

32. President Johnson: Civil Rights Act of 1964 which ended segregation in….. restrooms, stores, restaurants, theaters, and hotels

33. SelmaSelma march to Montgomery in 1964 President Johnson signed the….. VotingVoting Rights Act of 1965

34. MalcolmMalcolm X : a leader in the Nation of Islam (or Black Muslims), emerged as a new voice for African Americans. First belief – blacks should separate themselves from whites.. Later believed – “A society in which there could exist white-black brotherhood.”

35. They brought tensions between African Americans/police…..frustrated with poverty and unemployment

36. AssassinatedAssassinated… April 4, 1968 By… James Earl Ray In… Memphis, TN

37. Group packet work for section 4