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Malcom-X started a movement to empower African Americans, he was the national spokesmen for the Nation of Islam, he was murdered at a conference on February 21,1965

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His philosophy was armed self defense

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- in 1964 MLK won the noble peace prize, connecting the African American struggle to the anticolonial struggle

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It was a movement against racial segregation/discrimination in the South.

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It tried to resist racial oppression and abolish slavery.

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- United States expanded it's boundaries, but rights were limited to Property Owning White Males

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* Harvard University-educated scholar
* leading advocate for African civil rights
* helped form the NAACP

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- Slavery was abolished, but prejudice and discrimination remained

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- Jim Crow laws were strengthened, and Supreme Court ruled that "Separate but Equal" was allowed

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- Most nonwhite people throughout the world were discriminated against as well, including (most) women of all races

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April 4 1968 MLK was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel, the killing sparked riots in over 100 cities

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In December 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus

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Her actions lead to the start of the Montgomery bus boycott and other protests

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-Soon he faced conflict with “black power”

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was chosen to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

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MLK was assassinated in April, 1968 ... he played a pivotal role in the civil rights act of 1964, voting rights act of 1965, he gave the i had a dream speech

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Founded the southern Christian leadership conference which promoted non violent protest

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1963 was the march on Washington, August 28 1963 was when he gave the famous I had a dream speech.

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The bus boycott lasted until November 1956, when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the NAACP to desegregate the bus system

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On February 1, 1960 four black college students had a sit-in at drugstore lunch counter that was meant for whites

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The sit-in caused thousands of students to stage their own sit-ins during the winter and spring of 1960

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Student Nonviolent

Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed by the student protestors

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After the freedom of slaves in the resolution of the Civil War, African Americans were still fighting to keep their basic civil rights.

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The Freedom Rides of 1961 demonstrated that that the young nonviolent protestors were willing to confront Southern segregation and they encouraged others to participate in similar protests against segregated transportation

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Nonviolent protests were an important part of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Not only were they trying to show people that they deserve equal rights, but they wanted them to know the consequences of racial discrimination.

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Once confrontations were televised showing the police attack the nonviolent protestors they gained Northern support and federal intervention

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Once the Birmingham clashes were put on international news it called for Pres. John F. Kennedy to create the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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* publicized racial injustices
* initiated lawsuits - secure equal treatment for African Americans (education, employment, housing and public accommodations)

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Protests occurred across the entire nation and during 1965 mass protests in Alabama led to Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson to create legislation that became the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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This organization did civil disobedience at a small scale to fight segregation in the North.

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A case the Supreme Court ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.

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In 1951, Barbara Johns walked out of a Virginia High School that has not been desegregated.