The Civil Rights Movement
“We must use the weapon of love. We must realize so
many people are taught to hate us that they are not
totally responsible for their hate.” MLK
Rosa Parks
Moses Wright
“One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly,
lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the
penalty.”MLK
Peaceful Groups
• Religious– SCLC
• Student– SNCC– CORE
Freedom Summer
Supreme Court Rulings
• Brown v. Board– Ending “Separate but Equal”
“The Supreme Court’s decision set back progress
in the South at least 15 years. The fellow who tries to tell me you can do these things by force is just plain
nuts”
In Response to the Supreme Court ruling against “separate
but equal”.
Acts of Congress
• Civil Rights Act 1964• Immigration Act 1965• Voting Rights Act 1965
“If an American, because his skin is black, cannot enjoy the full and free life which all of us
want, then who among us can be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in
his place? Who among us would be content with the counsels of patience and
decay?”JFK
“Yes, I am an extremist. The black race in the United States is in extremely bad shape. You show me a black man who isn’t an extremist and I’ll show you
one who needs psychiatric attention.”Malcolm X
Black Power
• The Black Panthers
Black Muslims
• Malcolm X
Minority Rights
• Mexican Americans• Puerto Ricans• Japanese Americans• Native Americans
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