The Triumphs of a Crusade Chapter 21 Section 2. Freedom Riders Bus trips across the South; freedom riders (black & whites) to urge govt. to end segregation.

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The Triumphs of a Crusade Chapter 21 Section 2

Freedom Riders Bus trips across the South; freedom riders (black & whites) to urge govt. to end segregation in public transportation Birmingham, AL- police beat riders; cont. to ride Montgomery, AL.- mob of whites (no police) pull off riders and beat them w/bats & lead pipes JFK offers support- 400 U.S. marshals finish ride to Jackson, MS Attorney General & ICC ban segregation in interstate travel

Standing Firm Air Force veteran James Meredith registers at Ole Miss (all-white college) Met with Governor’s resistance- calls out for support from Mississippians Riots break out on campus; 15 hours, thousands of soldiers, 200 arrests & 2 dead

Birmingham Birmingham, AL strictly segregated; SCLC & King called down to help Begin demonstrations; King arrested, writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail” 1,000+ African-American children march, 959 arrested; try again next day Police turn on fire-hoses, attack dogs, clubs TV captured it all & millions see children screaming

Marching to Washington Aug. 28, 1963, 250,000 people (75,000 whites) come together in Washington D.C. MLK gives “I Have a Dream” speech 2 weeks later, 4 girls killed in church bomb LBJ takes over for Kennedy and signs Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination because of race, religion, origin & gender in public accommodations

Fighting for Voting Rights Members of CORE & SNCC begin a move to register African-American voters- Freedom Summer College students volunteer (mostly white); 3 workers are killed in MS (2 white, 1 black) Klansmen & police responsible for deaths Deaths cont. as well as burning of buildings

Political Power To get a voice in MS, organize MS Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP); Fannie Lou Hamer is their voice Tells DNC of her time in jail, and beatings LBJ makes compromise; MFDP gets 2 seats of MS’s 68 & LBJ ban discrimination at convention MFDP feel betrayed by leaders

Voting SCLC and SNCC push for voting rights in Selma, AL; 2,000 African- Americans had been arrested, 1 killed MLK announces a 50 mile march from Selma to Montgomery; 600 protesters set out Met with police whips, clubs & tear gas; get federal protection; march grows from 3,000 – 25,000 Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed; registration goes from 10% -60% for African-Americans