The Civil Rights Struggle

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The Civil Rights Struggle

• August 23, 1963 Washington, D.C.

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Background of the Struggle

• After Civil War
• African Americans faced discrimination
• Unfair treatment based on prejudice
• Barred from attending white schools
• Ride back of buses
• Sit in separate sections restaurants and theaters
• Stay in separate hotels
• Use separate public restrooms and water fountains

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Background of the Struggle

• Segregationsocial separation of the races
• Northbetter livescould vote
• After 100 year secure civil rights- rights of
  full citizenship and equality
• NAACP
• President Harry Truman 1948 end segregation
  in armed forces
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas,
  1954
• Racial segregation in public schools
  unconstitutional
• Violated 14th Amendment

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Background of the Struggle

• 1950s Baptist minister Dr. Martin L. King
• Leader of Civil Rights Movements
• Non-violent resistance
• 1963 I Have a Dream
• Hopes of racial equality and harmony
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Prohibited discrimination in public facilities,
  employment, education, voter registration
• Voting Rights Acts of 1965 protect the free
  access of minorities to the polls

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

• 1955
• Rosa Parks
• Arrested
• Refused seat to white man
• Montgomery, Alabama
• Boycott
• Supreme Court
• Public bus segregation unconstitutional