1. Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 29
Section 3
Part 2

2. March on Washington 1963 – King and SCLC organize march
200,000 people attend
King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech

3. Freedom Summer
Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in hiring, and segregation in stores, restaurants, theaters, and hotels
African Americans still could not vote in South, so thousands of civil rights workers go there to help

4. The Right to Vote
SNCC organizes march in Selma and police beat the marchers
Voting Rights Act of 1965 forces the South to let African Americans vote
1966 – 100 African Americans hold office in South
1972 – over 1000 African Americans hold office in South

5. Other Voices Some African Americans wanted reform to move more quickly
Malcolm X criticized integration and said separation was better
Later, he calls for a “white-black brotherhood”
He is assassinated by rival Black Muslims
Malcolm Little, aka Malcolm X

6. Black Power
Stokley Carmichael (leader of the SNCC) and other said African Americans should be proud of themselves and create their own culture and political institutions
NAACP rejected this idea
Tommie Smith and John Carlos

7. Violence Erupts
Black Panthers demanded reform and armed themselves in opposition to the police
1965 Watts Riots – 1 week of rioting, 34 people died
– Rioting in more than 40 Northern cities
President Johnson appoints the Kerner Commission and they said U.S. was moving towards two separate and unequal societies
Bobby Seale and Huey Newton

8. King is Assassinated April 4, 1968 – MLK assassinated in Memphis, TN
Rioting in over 100 cities
Thousands attend Atlanta funeral, millions watch on tv