Challenging Segregation
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Challenging Segregation
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Sit-In MovementA. CORE- successfully integrated
restaurants by using sit-ins1. Jack Spratt Coffee House2. Greensboro, NC Jan 31, 1960-
Woolworth’s
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Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee (SNCC)A. Freedom Riders
1. Organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to integrate bus terminals
2. Result- violence
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JFK & Civil RightsA. Justice
Department protects rights
B. James Meredith: 1st African American student to attend the Univ. of Mississippi
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JFK & Civil Rights
C. Birmingham, AL1. Brutal violence used
against demonstrators led to Dr. King being jailed and prompted Kennedy to prepare a new civil rights bill
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Civil Rights Act 1964
A. March on Washington
B. The Law:1. Gave feds more
power 2. Outlawed
segregation3. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
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Struggle for Voting Rights
A. Selma March (AL)1. March for Freedom2. chosen because
African Americans were the majority there
3. State troopers attacked marchers, later known as “Bloody Sunday”
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Struggle for Voting RightsB. Voting Rights Act
19651. In registering
blacks to vote, this authorized the Attorney General to work side-by-side with local officials