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Voting rights act 1965 » et «  Civil rights act 1968

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SIT-INS
BLack people protested against the segregation. These actions were  nonviolent. The most famous boycott was the sit-ins in Greensboro and in a lot of cities in the south of America. It took place in 1961. This action was organised by David RIchmond, the leader of the sit-ins. Black people were attacked by white people (they were pushed, they were hit, they were yelled ). Some black people were arrested by the police.

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THE MARCH IN WASHINGTON.
Black people protested against segregation by organising marches. These actions were considered as nonviolent direct actions.
The most famous march was on August 28, 1963 in Washington DC.
250,000 people of all races went to Washington DC.
The action was led by Martiun Luther King.

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THE MARCH FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERRY :
Black people protested by organising a march from selma to montgomery, these actions were considered as nonviolent.
The most famous march took place in 1965 in selma in the state af alabama.
This action was led by Martin Luther King.
The consequences were tragic :
This brutal attack was broadcast on television and it shocked the nation, black people were physically beaten.

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PROTEST SONGS
Black people protested against segregation. These actions were protest songs :  songs about freedom. This action was nonviolent direct action.
The most famous protest song was composed in Albany by four black members in 1963. They created a group of protest songs :  The Freedom singers.
The consequences :
The police tried to stop the singers but they continued the protest songs.

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FREEDOM RIDES
The freedom rides were using nonviolent actions. They would never use force. They would only use peaceful ways.
They protested against Segregation (Separation) in buses and they protested against the Jim Crow Laws. The leader was James Farmer. The name of the group was the Congress of Racial Equality.
This action took place in 1961.
Thirteen people (7blacks and 6 whites ) rode a bus while they sat together in the bus. The buses were attacked by white peope outside the city on Anniston,alabama  and Birmingham. They stopped because of their injuries, but Martin luther king gave a speech, supporting the freedom riders

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THE CHILDREN
Black childen protested against segregation by organising marches.
The actions was considered as revolution and nonviolent.
The most famous march took place in Birmingham (in the state of Alabama) on May 2, 1963.
This action was led by Martin luther king.
The consquences were tragic :
Black people were attacked by the dogs
Many children were arrested

This even is now remembered as the "children's crusade"

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THE BLACK PANTHERS
They were considered as terrorist organisation : some members were arrested in NY in 1969 and they were accused of terrorist activity. A lot of party members were discouraged and stopped from the party.
The Black Panthers were formed in California in 1966 by Huey Percy Newton and Bobby Seale. The Black Panthers was a violent group who attacked white people.

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Children were forced to work.
They were not allowed to play.
They were given no rights.

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Slaves were punished if they resisted slavery, if they didn't work enough, if they talked too much, if they tried to escape.
They were whipped, hung, chained to the ground...
Slaves were beaten or whipped in public when they disobeyed.

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Most of slave women were forced to work in the house.
They were used as servants, housekeepers, seamstresses or nannies.
They were forced to work long hours.
They were forced to look after the master's children.

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Most of slave men were forced to work in plantations or in mines.
They were forced to work long hours.
They were forced to get up early.

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Slaves were forced to sleep in small cabins.
They were given little food.
They were given old clothes and one pair of shoes every year.
Slaves were not considered as humans.

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Barack Obama was elected in 2008 and 2012.
He was the first black president in America!

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Martin Luther King was a pastor and an activist: he wanted to stop racism in the USA, he was in favor of peace and against porverty.

He was not violent.

It was the time of the "Civil Rights Movement".

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''Jim Crow Laws'' are laws in the South of the USA. The laws made segregation legal between white and the colored people.

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"The civil war'' or ''the Secession war"

This war took place from 1861 to 1865. It was a conflict between Northern and Southern USA. This war was won by the Union (The North) and abolished slavery.

"Abraham Lincoln"

He was the 16th president of the United States of America. He was assassinated because he wanted to stop slavery.

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African people were sent by boat to America and they became slaves and worked in America (in plantations).

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The USA became independent on July 4th 1776. The Declaration of Independance was written by Thomas Jefferson.

The first president of USA was Georges Washington from 1789 to 1797.

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C. Columbus discovered America in 1492.