Transcript Civil Rights Act of 1964

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AGENDA
History Log
Standard Bullets
16.2 Notes
“I Have a Dream Speech”
Key Terms
CAUSE
Sit-in Movement
Freedom Riders
Children's March
March on Washington
Selma March
Watts Riots
King’s Assassination
EFFECT
Worked to end segregation at
restaurants. Brought attention to the
Civil Rights Movement.
Worked to integrate buses, forced
Kennedy to control violence.
King is released from jail and African
Americans support Kennedy.
Led to the passage of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964
Lead to the passage of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965
Broke the Civil Rights Advocates into
two groups: Non-Violent & Aggressive
Led to the passage of the 1968 Housing
Act.
SNCC: Students formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
to organize efforts for desegregation and voter registration throughout
the south. Ella Baker led in establishing the SNCC.
Freedom Riders: Student led movement to integrate the busing in the
southern states.
Civil Rights Act of 1964: Legislation granted equal access to all citizens in
public places.
Voting Rights Act of 1965: Placed the attorney general of the United
States in control of state voting polling stations in order to prevent
discrimination.
Black Power Movement: the
movement emphasized racial
pride and the creation of black
political and cultural institutions
to nurture and promote black
collective interests, advance
black values.
Malcolm X: was an AfricanAmerican Muslim minister, &
public speaker. To his admirers,
he was a courageous advocate
for the rights of African
Americans his detractors
accused him of preaching
racism, black supremacy, antiSemitism, and violence.
Black Panthers: was an African-American revolutionary left-wing
organization working for the self-defense for black people. It was active
in the United States from the mid-1960s into the 1970s.
LEADER VIEWS
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Non-Violence
Self Defense
Peaceful Protest
Separatism
Cooperation with whites and
other cultures
Being a Victim of the past does
not mean you must be one in
the present.
LEGACY
CIVIL RIGHT LAW
Civil Rights Act 1957
24th Amendment
PROVISION
Created the Civil Rights division of the
Department of Justice
Ended poll taxes
Authorized the attorney General to send
federal examiners to register voters.
Gave the federal government powers to
prevent racial discrimination including
Civil Rights Act of 1964
equal access in the workplace & public
areas
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act of 1968 Outlawed discrimination in housing