1. The Civil Rights Movement: A Photo File

2. Segregation Begins

3. Brown v. Board of Education CAUSE *Black minister asks for right to send daughter to neighborhood school EFFECT *reversed Plessy v. Ferguson *”separate is not equal” *opens way to further segregation

4. Rosa Parks Montgomery. AL Montgomery Bus Boycott CAUSE *refuses to give up her seat on the city bus *put in jail *MLK visits her in jail EFFECT *begins Bus Boycott *lasts over a year *segregation on buses is illegal *founded SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Council)

5. Pearsall Plan of NC CAUSE * schools were refusing to integrate EFFECT *local boards determine pupil placement *urged segregation in schools *local school boards could close instead of integrate

6. Little Rock, AR Central High integration Gov. Faubus President Eisenhower CAUSE *Gov. Faubus refused integration—tried to prevent integration EFFECT * President Eisenhower- sent in national guard to escort students to school. *states will follow laws made by Supreme Court

7. Greensboro Sit-In Greensboro, NC Students from A & T University CAUSE *refused service at food counter in local store *students prevented others from taking seats EFFECT *Blacks should be served in public places *started even more sit-ins as a means of civil disobedience.

8. March on Washington CAUSE CAUSE *show support for Civil Rights Movement— jobs and freedom *show support for Civil Rights Movement— jobs and freedom EFFECT *blacks and whites work together to try and end racial discrimination *blacks and whites work together to try and end racial discrimination “I Have a Dream”

9. Freedom Summer

10. Freedom Riders

11. MLK and Bobby Kennedy President JFK and Attorney General-Bobby Kennedy

12. Children’s March to Birmingham 1963 1963 Was a major factor in national push towards Civil Rights Act of 1964 Was a major factor in national push towards Civil Rights Act of 1964 Showed that those who fought segregation were fighting a fire that won’t go out Showed that those who fought segregation were fighting a fire that won’t go out Shut down a city to fight social injustice Shut down a city to fight social injustice Defied police intimidation Defied police intimidation The fire hoses and attack dogs couldn’t stop those children from being catalysts for positive social change. The fire hoses and attack dogs couldn’t stop those children from being catalysts for positive social change. The jails couldn’t break their spirit. The jails couldn’t break their spirit. Music/Song was always a major part of the movement. Music/Song was always a major part of the movement.

13. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 CAUSE: African Americans did not have civil rights CAUSE: African Americans did not have civil rights EFFECT EFFECT *segregation is not allowed in public places *segregation is not allowed in public places Equal Opportunity Employment Equal Opportunity Employment VOTING RIGHTS ACT VOTING RIGHTS ACT of 1965 CAUSE: banned poll tax & literacy test CAUSE: banned poll tax & literacy test EFFECT: many black in the South EFFECT: many black in the Southvoted

14. Selma Voting Rights March to Montgomery- 1965

15. Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.- April 4, 1968- Memphis, TN

16. Assassination of Presidential Candidate Bobby Kennedy

17. Swann vs. CMS CAUSE Charlotte schools were not integrated EFFECT Court ordered busing to integrate/desegregate Mecklenburg County Schools