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The event started when Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white passenger on a city bus

Was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation.

Known as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation.

Showed that a peaceful protest can result in the changing of laws to protect the equal rights of all people regardless of race

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The idea of segregation was to split black people and white people which led to black kids going to different schools

Many black kids could not go to university

Became an integral part of the fight for equal opportunity in American education

Black schools were not equal to white schools

Eight of the Little Rock Nine are still alive and only three graduated from Central High School.

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Groups of white and African American civil rights activists participated in Freedom Rides to protest segregated bus terminals

This form of protest was indented to be non violent from the perspective of the black people, however white mobs turned this event into one of the severe violence

They hoped to finally end segregation in buses, and all other forms

The freedom riders symbolized empowerment in that ordinary people can do extraordinary things

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AUG 28, 1963 - MARTIN LUTHER KING "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH

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AUG 28, 1963 - MARTIN LUTHER KING "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH

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Purpose of Martin Luther King's “I Have a Dream” Speech is to expose the American public to the injustice of racial inequality and to persuade them to stop discriminating on the basis of race

It brought greater attention to the Civil Rights Movement, which had been going on for many years.

He won the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racism through non violent resistence

Was arrested because of leading protests

Was very educated and graduated with a PhD in Theology

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NOV 22, 1963 - PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY - ASSASSINATION 

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NOV 22, 1963 - PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY - ASSASSINATION 

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Assassinated in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald

Many conspiracies and controversies are around the murder

He was a beloved president, many people attended the funeral

Kennedy was a progressive president who supported the civil rights movements

He reduced the threat of nuclear war by opening the lines of communication with Moscow and offering help to  “make the world safe for diversity.”

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Malcolm was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.

Preached to use any means necessary to more Black Rights forward

Was a leader of Black Civil Rights

Grew up in extreme poverty

He was a violent protestor and used fear to lead

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AUG 6, 1965 - SELMA, BLACK VOTING RIGHTS

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AUG 6, 1965 - SELMA, BLACK VOTING RIGHTS

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The Selma Campaign is considered a major success for the Civil Rights Movement, because it was an immediate catalyst for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The march was meant to be a peaceful representation of the outrage many felt in their fight to overcome the obstacles standing in the way of voting.

Demonstrators were violently stopped on the Edmund Pettus Bridge by police

Three white ministers (supporters) were attacked by the KKK

President Johnson signed the bill for Black People to be able to vote

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Political party for Self-Defense. Was a Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton

Fought for fair employment and organized events to help poverty

There was a lot of internal conflicts within the party

Their methods were incredibly violent

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Police arrested burglars in the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C

Nixon began tapping info coming in and going out of the White House

There was a break in at the Democratic Headquarters which Nixon denied involvement with and he wins the re election

It is still unclear to this day why the break happened

This event showed the power of press / media as well as building distrust between the people and government

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North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam was anti-communist

Over  million people died (US and Vietnamese)

US was very fearful of the threat of communism and wanted to stop it

There were numerous protests around the country

The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

North Vietnam won and Vietnamese call it the Victory