3.19.24 Urban Uprisings and the Chicago Freedom Movement.pptx
Ii 9 civil rights - lbj
1. Dr. King marches to
bring awareness about
voting rights in the
South
Alabama Governor
George Wallace opposes
the march
LBJ protected marchers
w/ federal troops
Brought about Voting
Rights Act of 1965
2. August 11-16, 1965
Frustration when a routine
arrest by an LA police
officer turned into a riot.
National Guard restored
order- 34 dead, 898
injured, 4000 arrested
▪ $100 million in damage
Kerner Commission-white
racism was responsible for
the tensions that led to
the riots
3. 1964, a campaign to
register voters in the
South
1000 College Students
went to Mississippi
June 21- 2 white New
Yorkers and an African-
American were abducted
and killed
1964-6.7% Miss. Blacks
registered to vote
1969-66.5% Miss. Blacks
registered to vote
4. Challenged racism &
segregation w/ non-
violence and passive
resistance-
Beliefs of Gandhi
5. Family moved to Lansing,
Michigan to escape racism
▪ Dad murdered at 3, “reported
suicide”
Orphaned, life of crime, while
in jail met Elijah Mohammed-
Nation of Islam
God was Black & great war
would occur between races
Believed in Black Power
▪ African-American movement
that focused on gaining control
of economic and political
power, by force if necessary.
6. Beliefs
The white man was the
devil with whom blacks
could not live.
“Integration was dead.
Absolute segregation of
the races was the goal.”
Killed Feb. 21, 1965 after
he broke w/ the nation of
Islam