1. CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICACIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA
In the 1950’s & 60’sIn the 1950’s & 60’s

2. Rosa Parks
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right”
 Segregation: Separation of
schools, buses, washrooms,
restaurants, businesses,
communities
 Dec 1, 1955: Rosa refuses
to give up her seat to a
white passenger; she is
arrested and fined $10
 A random, unplanned
act that fuels CR
movement

3. Segregation of Schools:
“Little Rock Nine”
1954 Brown vs. Board of
Education: Segregation
of schools is
unconstitutional
What happens when 9
African Americans are
enrolled in an Arkansas
school in 1957?

4. Segregation of Schools:
“Little Rock Nine”
Governor sends in National
Guard to block them
President Eisenhower sends
in 101st
Airborne to escort
black students to school

5. Segregation of Schools:
George Wallace
“Stand in the Schoolhouse Door” @ University of Alabama, 1963
segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"

6. Martin Luther King jr.
Organized boycott of
Montgomery Transit system
after Rosa Parks; caused
bankruptcy
Jailed many times for non-
violent acts of resistance
Preached Agape love: win
the white man over with
love
Nobel Peace Prize 1967
Assassinated April 4th
, 1968

8. Malcolm X
Leader of the NOI
(Nation of Islam)
Pro-violence,
separation
Contempt for
“pacifists” like MLK
Assassinated Feb 21,
1965

9. Black Panther Party

10. 6. We want all black men to be exempt from military
service. We believe that Black people should not be
forced to fight in the military service to defend a
racist government that does not protect us. We will
not fight and kill other people of color in the world
who, like black people, are being victimized by the
white racist government of America. ...