The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

The Civil Rights Movement is and Era in American History that took place in the 1950s and the 1960s. This era is characterized as a SOCIAL MOVEMENT to bring about changes to UNJUST LAWS and a FIGHT for RACIAL EQUALITY through NON-VIOLENT PROTEST.

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When we talk about the Civil Rights Movement, what does the word movement mean?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

• Dr. King was THE VOICE of the Civil Rights Movement

• ALABAMA was the center of his work to counter social injustices and racial inequality.

• Dr. King led NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE

• Nonviolent resistance​ put pressure on leaders in the federal government to pass laws supporting EQUAL RIGHTS

James Farmer

• Farmer was from Marshall, TX​

• Co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)​

• He led nonviolent resistance to Jim Crow Laws​ through the Freedom Rides​

• Freedom Rides​ led to banning the segregation of all interstate public facilities

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What was one of James Farmer's greatest accomplishments?

Hector P. Garcia

• Highly decorated U.S. Army surgeon​

• Founded the American GI Forum to protect the rights of Hispanics​

• The GI Forum focused on helping veterans with education and health care ​

Sweat Vs. Painter

• The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated facilities in professional schools violated the U.S. Constitution​

• Led the way for Brown v. Board of Education

Oveta Culp Hobby

• Believed that women deserved to be treated equally​

• First woman to win the U.S. Army’s Distinguished Service Medal​

• Served in President Eisenhower’s cabinet as secretary of health, education, and welfare

Lyndon B Johnson

• Became president after Kennedy was assassinated​

• Built POLICIES to improve the lives of poor Americans​

• Economic Opportunity Act​ Civil Rights Act of 1964​ Voting Rights Act​

• President during the Vietnam War.

Barbara Jordan

• Barbara Jordan was from Houston​

• She was elected as a state senator in 1966​

• Elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 1972​

• Jordan was the First African American to represent Texas in the U.S. Congress​

Henry B. Gonzalez

• First Mexican American elected to the Texas Senate in the 1900s​

• Served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 37 years

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Served in President Eisenhower’s cabinet as secretary of health, education, and welfare.

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Barbara Jordan

• Henry B. Gonzalez

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Built POLICIES to improve the lives of poor Americans​.

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Barbara Jordan

• Henry B. Gonzalez

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The First African American to represent Texas in the U.S. Congress​.

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Barbara Jordan

• Henry B. Gonzalez

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First Mexican American elected to the Texas Senate in the 1900s​.

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Barbara Jordan

• Henry B. Gonzalez

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Built POLICIES to improve the lives of poor Americans​.

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Barbara Jordan

• Henry B. Gonzalez

Civil Rights Act 1964

Banned segregation in public places.

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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish?

President LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Voting Rights Act

Gave the federal government the power to check state voting procedures and to protect citizens’ right to vote.

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What did the Voting Rights Act accomplish?