1. THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

2. Use this clip to discuss LBJ’s Power of Persuasion, persistence, and diligence.clip Civil Rights Clip

3. Use Chapter 2 and 3 to discuss his steps to get the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964. American Heroes – LBJ by: Julia Benna

4. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation. What is the Civil Rights Act?

5. These are the some of the things the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was fighting to END!

6. After the Act was signed America was moving toward integration. There were many more fights to fight, but the leaders of the Movement took this opportunity to spread the word of equality. Civil Rights Act of 1964 changes America!

7. Civil Rights Timelines http://www.factmonster.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/lbjforkids/civil.shtm

8.  The Other Side by: Jacquiline Woodson  Sit-In, How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down by: Andrea Davis Pinkney  Freedom Summer by: Deborah Wiles  Riding to Washington by: Gwenyth Swain  John Lewis in the Lead, A Story of the Civil Rights Movement by: Jim Haskins and Kathleen Andrews Children’s Literature