Chapter 28 Section 3 The Civil Rights Movement Riddlebarger Voting Rights Chapter 28 Section 3 The Civil Rights Movement Riddlebarger
Gaining Voting Rights After the Civil Rights Act of 1964, SCLC shifts their focus to voting rights.
Registering Voters Kennedy administration involvement voter registration Fed protection key to change in the South State’s rights?
Voter Education Project Resistance Voter Education Project. Over 1/2 million registered Mississippi
24th Amendment 1962: Congress approves 24th Amendment
Freedom Summer Volunteers Miami University (OH) Voter registration Summer Schools Mississippi spent $82/white student; $22/black student on education
Crisis in Mississippi 1st 200 volunteers arrive Immediate tragedy June 1964 Immediate tragedy 2/3 of volunteers go home No charges Federal response Successes?
1964 Election Freedom Summer overshadowed by 1964 election. Lyndon Johnson (D) Barry Goldwater (R ) Halting protests SNCC Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party- Protest @ Democratic convention LBJ’s Great Society
Selma Jan. 1965: Dr. King & campaign for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. LBJ & Government inaction Selma: arrests but controlled response King’s arrest & attention.
Selma March 4-day march planned. Gov. Wallace: “It will not be tolerated.” March 7, 1965: 600 marchers set out for Montgomery
Violence in Selma marchers are attacked by state police using tear gas, clubs, chains and cattle prods. TV footage No Dr. King King response With Federal protection, the march reaches Montgomery on March 25.
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Pres. Johnson reacts Voting Rights Act of 1965- Gives the Federal government the ability to break down barriers preventing blacks from voting (literacy tests, etc.)