Tengowski

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