African-american-civil-rights-movement.ppt

1、African-American Civil Rights Movement (19551968),what is African-American civil rights movement ?,it includes social movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and enforce constitutional voting rights to them. The movement was

2、characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance.,What gave rise to the civil-rights movement ?,1 . Racial segregation By law .public facilities and government services such as education were divided into separate white and colored domains. Characteristically, those for colored were underfunded

3、and of inferior quality.,2.Disfranchisement. When white Democrats regained power, they passed laws that made voter registration more restrictive, essentially forcing black voters off the voting rolls. The number of African-American voters dropped dramatically, and they no longer were able to elect r

4、epresentatives.,3.Exploitation. Increased economic oppression of blacks, Latinos, and Asians, denial of economic opportunities, and widespread employment discrimination.,4.Violence. Individual, police, paramilitary, organizational, and mob racial violence against blacks (and Latinos in the Southwest

5、 and Asians in California).,Rosa Parks spontaneous action in 1955 was believed to be the true beginning of the civil rights movement. she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.,When Martin Luther King,Jr heard about Parks arrest,he led the Montgomery Bus Boycottbecaus

6、e 70% of the bus companys customers were black.In 1965:The United States Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal to segregate blacks and whites on buses,trains,or planes.,the historic moment of the civil rights movement was the March on Washington D.C. in 1963when Martin Luther King, Jr. , a civil r

7、ights leader ,delivered his speech “I Have a Dream.”,He demanded that blacks shouldnt be treated as slaves but should have equal rights which inspired people to fight for equality,Later then ,The Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress and signed into law in 1964. it made it illegal to segregate bla

8、cks and other minorities.,in 1968 ,Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated,Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.,forms of protest,boycotts,black citizens took full strike against the bus segregation of black and

9、 white . Montgomery Bus Boycott (195556) in Alabama, this activity was regarded as the beginning of the civil-rights movement in American history. ;,sit-ins,people generally carried out sitting in public places in southern states, showing that the range of motion is beyond the limits of a city .,mar

10、ches,the Selma to Montgomery marches (1965) in Alabama,Selma, Alabama (1965). was more meaningful . This helps get blacks registered to vote. Many areas of the South were denying African-Americans the basic right to vote by not allowing them to register.,This activity showed that people not only fou

11、ght for their right to live, but also to vote.and there is a wide range of other nonviolent activities.,achievements of the civil rights movement in law,passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964that banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin in employment practices and pu

12、blic accommodations;,the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that restored and protected voting rights;,the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, that dramatically opened entry to the U.S. to immigrants other than traditional European groups;,the Fair Housing Act of 1968, that banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. African Americans re-entered politics in the South, and across the country young people were inspired to take action.,Influence of the civil rights movement,Black Americans and other minorities have won many right