SIXTIES FREEDOM By Madonna Scott

Sixties Freedom  Rosa Parks December 1, 1955 No more humiliation Arrested City owned bus company boycott Lasted 381 days Supreme Court ruling – segregation unconstitutional Later years Not happy yet

The Freedom Movement  Martin Luther King, Jr. Young pastor Eloquent speaker Bridged races Formed Montgomery Improvement Association Launched Chicago Freedom Movement

The Freedom Movement  Vietnam war U.S.feared Communist takeover of Vietnam Lyndon B. Johnson concerned about image Requested legislation securing right to vote Great Society programs – War on Poverty Medicare Medicaid

The Freedom Movement  Little RockCentral High School Governor Faubus National Guard “Little Rock Nine” Court Order Federal troops to enforce order

The New Left  Struggle for freedom  Sit-ins at Berkley  Free speech movement  Fixed up park  Reagan had National Guard fence off the park and guard it  Sit-in at Liberty Bell  Support southern drive for voting rights

Sexual Freedom  Sexual pleasure  Communes  Birth control pills  Separated sex from reproduction  Erotic revolution  “Second wave” of feminism  Women’s liberation movement  Trashed undies  Known as burning their bras

The Rights Revolution  Chief Justice Warren  Court revitalized Bill of Rights  First Amendment  Freedom of press ruling said had right to critize government  Constitutional right to privacy  Referred to as protection against journalistic intrusion  By 60’s – meant the ability to conduct private life without feal of govermental invasion  Legal rights of women expanded  No-fault divorce laws  Prosecuting marital rape and assalt helped free women