The Civil Rights Movement sought to end segregation and discrimination against African Americans. Key events and figures included the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling declaring segregation unconstitutional, Rosa Parks sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger, and Martin Luther King Jr. emerging as a prominent leader advocating for nonviolent protest and civil disobedience. The movement achieved various legal and social victories, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, though racial tensions and issues of inequality continued.

1. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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2. REVIEW
Civil Rights Movement
I. Segregation
II. Brown v. Board of Education
III. Rosa Parks
IV. Bus Boycott
V. Martin Luther King
VI. Malcolm X
VII. Result
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3. I. SEGREGATION
= separating of races in every aspect of daily life
African Americans
 separate schools
 transportation
 restaurants
 parks
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4. II. BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
 Linda Brown
 wasn’t allowed to attend a white elementary school
 had to visit a black elementary school
 black schools were not treated fairly
 Oliver Brown fought for Linda's rights
 suit started by Oliver Brown & 13 other parents
 Supreme Court:
segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
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5. III. ROSA PARKS
 Born on February 4, 1913
 in Tuskegee, Alabama
 † October 24, 2005
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6. ROSA PARKS
 Father : James McCauley
Mother: Leona McCauley
 Rural School in Pine Level
 Industrial School for Girls, a private institution
 Booker T. Washington High School
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7. ROSA RAYMOND PARKS IN DECEMBER 1932
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8. OCTOBER 24, 2005
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9. IV. THE BUS BOYCOTT
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10. III. BUS BOYCOTT IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
 buses in Montgomery, Alabama used to be segregated
 Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus
 December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to
a white person
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11. III. BUS BOYCOTT IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
 MLK called a meeting at his church
 Martin and other black leaders organized a boycott
 blacks started to fight for their rights
 December 5, 1955: people refused to ride the bus
 Supreme Court: segregation on buses was
unconstitutional
 turning point in the Civil Rights Movement
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13. III. BUS BOYCOTT IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
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14. V. MARTIN LUTHER KING
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15. Martin was born
in this house in
Atlanta, Georgia
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16. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING 1929-1968
 *January 15, 1929; † April 4, 1968
 Decision: becoming a minister
 school for blacks
 first experience with segregation
 Morehouse College, a black college
 Doctor of Philosophy at Boston University
 Prominent Leader: African-American Civil Rights Movement
 President: Montgomery Improvement Association
 non-violent protest
 boycotts & protests against segregation in the South
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17. MARTIN HAS A FAMILY..
Martin married Coretta Scott in 1953
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18. they had four children:
Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott and Bernice Albertine
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19. they moved to Montgomery, Alabama
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20. Martin became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Church
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21. MARTIN LUTHER KING
Martin and his family frequently travelled together
fighting for equality among all Americans
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22. MARCH ON WASHINGTON
 King spoke to 250,000 civil rights supporters during the
“March on Washington” August 28, 1963
 famous “I have a dream” speech
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23. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
December 10, 1965
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24.  April 4, 1968: assassinated by James Earl Ray
 Freedom Hall Complex
 President Ronald Reagan: January 20th, a national holiday
 end of the civil rights movement
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25. VI. MALCOLM X
 *May 19, 1925
 † February 21, 1965
 in Omaha, Nebraska
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26. MALCOLM X
 7th of 8 children
 Mother: Louise Norton Little, a homemaker
 Father: Earl Little, Baptist minister and supporter of Black
Nationalist leader
- treated by the „ Ku-Klux-Klan“
 Parents: members of Garvey’s Universal Negro
Improvement Association
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27. MALCOLM X - GROWING UP
 was called nigger
 Graduation: junior high at the top of his class
 Teacher: dream of becoming a lawyer was "no realistic
goal for a nigger"
 lost interest in school &dropped out
 committed petty crimes: various narcotics, prostitution &
gambling rings
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28. MALCOLM X
 arrested for robbery & spent ten years in jail
 joined the Nation of Islam
 against segregation laws
 fought for independence for African-Americans
 studied the teachings of Elijah Muhammad
 believed in human rights for all
 Civil Rights Leader
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29. MALCOLM X
 married Betty Jean Sanders in 1958
 4 children
 travelled to Mekka
 changed his name in El-Haji Malik El-Shabazz
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30. on February 21, 1965 he died from being shot 15
times by a Black Muslim
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31. MARTIN LUTHER KING MALCOLM X
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32. VII. RESULTS
politics and education
black politicians
economic security
voting right
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33. SOURCES
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http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=97 33

34. Thank you for
your attention…
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