1. The American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring suffrage in Southern states. Participants of the civil rights movement: Negro leaders Black and white young people Song of the civil rights movement: we shall overcome

2. reasons Racial segregation. By law, public facilities and government services such as education were divided into separate and unequal; "white" and "colored" domains. Disenfranchisement. When white Democrats regained power, they passed laws that made voter registration more complicated. Exploitation. Increased economic oppression of blacks, Latinos, and Asians, denial of economic opportunities, and widespread employment discrimination. Violence. Individual, police, organizational, and mass racial violence against blacks

3. The influence of WWII upon the blacks in America 1955, Rosa Parks’ spontaneous action of nonviolent civil disobedience, the true beginning of the civil rights movement.

4. organizations SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality) SCLC (the Southern Christian Leadership Conference) process From Direct action tactics To Changes

5. influences  Legal segregation ended in the south  Southern Afro-Americans can vote  Racism is still a problem