We Shall Overcome! - Civil Rights Movement Group 4 by JD Guo

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. " -Martin Luther King Jr.

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 20:55:08 UTC

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)- Amal

2015-02-18 20:55:50 UTC

This was a huge & significantly important Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court came to the decision that having seperate schools for white & black students was unconstitutional and violates the 14th Ammendment. As the newspaper headline below shows, this was part of an effort to stop segregation.

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 20:58:34 UTC

Malcolm X

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 21:00:40 UTC

14th Amendment

kiannahawkins — 2015-02-18 21:01:35 UTC

In other words, it granted citizenship to anyone born and/or raised in the United States, regardless of their skin color or race

Little Rock Crisis

2015-02-18 21:04:10 UTC

Black students enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, where students were denied entry to school. Eisenhower then stepped in and asisted the students with secrurity.

On August 28, 1963

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 21:04:56 UTC

200,000+ Americans gathered in Washington D.C

for a political rally known as the Mach on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)- Amal

2015-02-18 21:05:01 UTC

This important Supreme Court case was all about the racial segregation in public facilities. The Supreme Court ruled that this is constitutional because "seperate but equal". This case was intended to end the act of having seperate restrooms and other facilities for white & colored people. However, the Supreme Court said that as long as both facilities are equally equipped and are the same, it is completely constitutional. The image below shows how the Supreme Court made this type of segregation constitutional.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

kiannahawkins — 2015-02-18 21:06:23 UTC

The elimination of voting restrictions like the literacy tests, that purposely kept blacks from being ablr to vote

Montgomery Bus Boycott

kiannahawkins — 2015-02-18 21:14:21 UTC

Held after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus after a long day at work. For a period of time Negros stopped using the segregated transportation until changes were made in the system.

President Trumans Desegration of the Armed Forces

2015-02-18 21:15:31 UTC

Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing President Committee On Equality ofTreated and Opportunity in the Armed Forces. It was a simple mandate but took 15 years to go through with. Without it wars would not have been won.

Black Panther Party

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 21:17:46 UTC

Black Panther Party

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 21:19:03 UTC

The Black Pantehr Party was a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist group. The Panthers purpose was to patrol black neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. developed into a Marxist revolutionary group that called for the arming of all African Americans, the exemption of African Americans from the draft and from all sanctions of so-called white America, the release of all African Americans from jail, and the payment of compensation to African Americans for centuries of exploitation by white Americans.

Freedom Riders

2015-02-18 21:25:12 UTC

Freedom Riders were a group of activists who rode buses into segregated Southern States in 1961.

"You didn't know what you were going to encounter. You had night riders. You

had hoodlums . . . You could be antagonized at any point in your journey." ~ Charles Person, Freedom Rider

"I had no idea history was being made, I was just tired of giving up" - Rosa Parks

kiannahawkins — 2015-02-18 21:26:02 UTC

"You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity." -Bobby Seale (Black Panther Leader)

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 21:27:59 UTC

Kianna Hawkins, Kendall John, Hannah Attal, Amal Tarraf, Whitney Clark (p4)

kiannahawkins — 2015-02-18 21:28:26 UTC

Civil Rights Act of 1964- Amal

2015-02-18 21:28:31 UTC

This was a legislation that was passed in the U.S. to outlaw any discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, or nationality. This also helped end any racial discrimination or segregation at public schools, public facilities, and any other public accomadations.

Vic Snyder

2015-02-18 21:31:43 UTC

"The 1957 crisis in Little Rock, brought about by the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, was a huge part of the march toward freedom and opportunity in America."

Sits-Ins

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 21:33:29 UTC

It is originally called The Sit-Ins Movement in 1960. They had a lot of momentum, they were non-violent group led by Martin
Luther King Jr..Theyhelped African American activists across the country and in the world

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" - Amal

2015-02-18 21:36:09 UTC

This was an open letter written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on

April 16, 1963 about how it is a moral responsibility to break unjust laws. This letter said that racism should be fought in a non-violent way.

I Have A Dream Speech

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 21:37:25 UTC

Malcolm X

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-18 21:43:35 UTC

Malcolm was an African-American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and '60s.