Civil Rights Act 1964 (3rd) by Alejandro Santiago-Aguilar https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4 Made with wonder en-us 2018-04-09 14:54:35 UTC 2026-03-17 09:39:28 UTC hello@padlet.com About the Civil Rights Act 1964 asanti6198 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/249858273 Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin is considered one of the crowing legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.]]> 2018-04-09 15:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/249858273 President John F. Kennedy cspenc6109 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/249860396 John F. Kennedy was born into a rich family on May 29, 1917. He attended private schools. John had 8 siblings and they all enjoyed a privileged childhood. After a short stint as a journalist, Kennedy entered politics, serving in the US House of Representatives from 1947-1953 and the us senate from 1953-1961. He was the youngest elected president. He was also the first Roman Catholic to serve in that office.]]> 2018-04-09 15:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/249860396 Organizations Involved asanti6198 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250303714 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)-organizers worked throughout the South planning sit-ins, voter registration drives and protests

Congress of Radical Equality(CORE)-The organization was founded in Chicago and membership was  open to "anyone who believes that 'all people are created equal' and willing to work towards the ultimate goal of true equality throughout the world."

National Associated for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)-has more than 500,000 members who work  locally and nationally to “to “ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality for all, and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.”

Southern Christian Leadership Conference(SCLC)-Closely associated with Martin Luther King, Jr. the SCLC was established in 1957 following the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Worked with local organizations and churches to build its membership. 

]]> 2018-04-10 14:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250303714 Timeline cspenc6109 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250303755 January 1964
President Johnson declared a “War on Poverty” during his State of the Union address.

March 1964
LeRoi Jones (later known as Amiri Baraka) premiered his one-act play Dutchman in New York City, and later founded the Black Arts Repertory Theater School in Harlem, ushering in the Black Arts Theater Movement.

April 1964
James Baldwin premiered his three-act play Blues for Mister Charlie in New York City, inspired by the Emmett Till murder.

June 1964
Mississippi Freedom Summer, a voter education and registration project, began.

June 1964
Civil rights workers James Earl Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman abducted and murdered in Mississippi.

July 1964
Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

August 1964
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 enacted, which established Head Start, Upward Bound, VISTA, Job Corps, and other programs.

August 1964
Democratic National Convention refused to seat the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation.

December 1964
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
]]> 2018-04-10 14:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250303755 cspenc6109 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250309949 2018-04-10 14:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250309949 Strategies used by Major Leaders asanti6198 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250310703 JFK-proposed, in a nationally televised address, a Civil Rights Act of 1963. A week after his speech, Kennedy submitted a bill to Congress addressing civil right.

MLK Jr. & President Lyndon B. Johnson-continued to press for passage of the bill – as King noted in a January 1964 newspaper column, legislation "will feel the intense focus of Negro interest...It became the order of the day at the great March on Washington last summer]]> 2018-04-10 14:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250310703 Court Case cspenc6109 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250312183 In 1964 the Supreme Court upheld the Civil Rights Act or 1964 as a valid exercise of Congressional power under the Commerce Clause in Heart of Atlanta Motel Inc. v. U.S. and Katzenbach v. McClung, thereby prohibiting private discrimination in public accommodations, such as motels and restaurants.]]> 2018-04-10 15:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250312183 Political Cartoon cspenc6109 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250317107 "FREEZE! You have to right to be white! Any other color can and will be used against you in a court of law and in the court of public opinion!"

If you weren't white you got abused, got in trouble for any and everything that you did and couldn't go and do some things.]]> 2018-04-10 15:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250317107 How the Act of 1964 influence others asanti6198 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250317165  These laws ensured constitutional rights for African Americans and other minorities. Although these rights were first guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution immediately after the Civil War, they had never been fully enforced. It was only after years of highly publicized civil rights demonstrations, marches, and violence that American political leaders acted to enforce these rights]]> 2018-04-10 15:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250317165 which amendments are being violated asanti6198 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250320685 13th-Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction

14th-addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War

15th-The right of citizens...to vote shall not be denied or abridged...on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude]]> 2018-04-10 15:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250320685 Video asanti6198 https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250761364 2018-04-11 15:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/asanti6198/6uqxipnta6u4/wish/250761364