Non-discriminatory federal housing. 1963 Kennedy’s Civil Rights bill. Birmingham riots. March on Washington. 1964-8 Annual riots in black ghettos. 1964 Civil Rights Act pushed through by LBJ. Kennedy Democrat 1961-63 1965 Selma voter registration crisis: Selma to Montgomery march. Voting Rights Act. Watts (black Los Angeles ghetto) riots. Malcolm X leaves the Nation of Islam and is killed by Nation of Islam gunmen. 1966 Stokely Carmichael calls for ‘black power’ on the Meredith March. (Mississippi)
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Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) that goes all the way back to the 1950’s‚ he started his civil rights work by getting involved and working on the executive committee of the NAACP Montgomery Branch in the 1950’s.He was a part of numerous events during the Civil Rights era such as leadership in the many boycotts‚ marches and the rallies in 1960’s. In 1957‚ the NAACP made a decision to honor Dr. King with their most notable and prominent medal known as the Spingarn Medal. Seven years later he was given
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civil rights leader and campaigner who had a great deal of control on American culture in the 50s and 60s of the twentieth century. His physically powerful faith in non-violent protest helped set the tone of the movement. Boycotts‚ protests‚ and marches were eventually effective in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. was the most significant voice of the American civil rights movement‚ which worked for equivalent rights for all races not just white people. He
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They all risked some even sacrificed their lives to get their points across about equality. For instance‚ Martin Luther King Jr. Promoted nonviolent marches for equality for African Americans. He received numerous death threats; however‚ he kept going in spite of risking his life. He later was assassinated in Memphis‚ Tennessee and he will be remembered by his faithfulness to his cause of equality. Another
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less seriously and seen as a greater threat to society. Examples of King’s peaceful protesting against segregation were during the 1955- 1956 Montgomery bus boycott. It begain when a 43 year old black woman‚ Rosa Parks‚ refused to give up her seat to a white man. Dr. King was appalled when she was arrested and urged the black population of Montgomery to join together and stand up to the dehumanization of segregation. Together with local community leaders‚ King produced and distributed nearly
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 By the summer of 1963‚ after a series of violent demonstrations in the South‚ particularly in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ President Kennedy pushed for a very strong civil rights bill through Congress. The first of its kind since the Civil War‚ this bill drastically called for the end of all segregation in all public places. In the eyes of the civil rights movement leaders‚ this bill was long over due. Kennedy began by sending the United States Congress a "Special Message
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On Monday‚ March 15‚ 1965‚ President Lyndon B Johnson addressed the nation by delivering his “We shall overcome” speech in response to a fatal racial brutality that had erupted in Selma‚ Alabama a week prior. African Americans were attacked by police while preparing to march to Montgomery to protest voting rights discrimination. Johnson’s speech warrants consideration on its rhetorical meaning due to its lasting contribution to U.S. political and rhetorical history. The speech’s significance lies
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black America’s most prominent spokesperson. In 1964 King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo‚ Norway. The same year‚ Congress passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act‚ outlawing segregation in public facilities. In 1965 King and the SCLC campaigned in Selma‚ Alabama‚ for black voting rights. The campaign led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act‚ which abolished legal impediments to voting rights for African Americans and initiated greater federal protection for blacks at the
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freely without worrying about the safety of their children. I am currently learning a tap dance to perform at nursing homes this Christmas. I do my best to judge people for their character‚ not their skin color. I may not do anything as big as the marches or bus boycott Martin Luther King‚ Jr. did‚ but I do my best to make the world a better place for the people that live in it. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is‚ ’What are you doing for others?” (Martin Luther King‚ Jr.) “I refuse to accept
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African American culture been literally dragged through the deep‚ darkness of ethnic hostility in early American history.In March ‚ 1965‚ the United States celebrates the Selma-to-Montgomery ‚ the citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade‚ to celebrate the shared history of the civil rights movement and our nation’s continued progress towards racial equality.Yet decades later‚ a broken criminal-justice system has demonstrated that we still have a long way to go in
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