1. Civil Rights Movement 1960-1966

2. Freedom Riders (1961) People rode the buses into the South to challenge segregation at bus terminals.

3. Freedom Riders

4. Met with violence, riders were beaten, attacked, arrested, and buses were destroyed. Result: government enforcing desegregation at interstate bus stations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8CAKAX R- AM&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode =1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8CAKAX R- AM&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode =1

5. Ole Miss (1962) In 1962, Ole Miss was ordered to Desegregate James Meredith Became the first African American student in Ole Miss history

7. March on Birmingham (1963)

8. Letter From Birmingham “For years now I have heard the word ‘wait’! It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This ‘wait’ has almost always meant ‘Never’”.

9. Children’s Crusade (1963) Children skipped school, were arrested in order to focus attention on the movement. They received training in non-violent protest at first Baptist Church.

10. Children’s Crusade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-MuWDsv5pg&feature=related&safety_mode=true&p ersist_safety_mode=1

11. March on Washington (1963)

12. Pressure for passage of civil rights bill “I Have a Dream” speech

13. Freedom Summer (1964)

14. Freedom Summer Murders

15. Civil Rights Act (1964) Prohibited discrimination based on race, gender, religion, or ethnicity Outlawed discrimination in public accommodations

16. Voting Rights Act (1965) “By the way, what’s the big word say?” The Act prohibited states from imposing any "voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color."

17. March on Selma (1965) “Bloody Sunday”

18. Malcolm X Born Malcolm Little Spent time in jail Converted to Islam

19. Wanted a separate Black Nation Whites were the enemy

20. Travels to Mecca Preaches that he was wrong about whites, complete change Assassinated in 1965

21. Black Panthers Use of violence, revolution, radical Force government to help

22. Kennedy (John and Robert) were in favor of civil rights, moved slowly Johnson – able to pass legislation after Kennedy’s assassination