Civil Rights Movement 1954 1964 Movement a series

Civil Rights Movement (1954 – 1964) Movement: • a series of actions or activities intended toward a particular end Civil Right Act March on Washington Freedom Summer Freedom Rides Sit Ins Little Rock 9 Montgomery Bus Boycott Emmett Till Brown v Board of Education

Civil Rights Movement (1954 – 1964) This movement needs the support of all branches of our government to be successful Judicial Branch Executive Branch Brown v Board of Education Start of the Civil Rights Movement Legislative Branch

Civil Rights Movement (1954 – 1964) The movement begins in with the Brown Case overturns the Plessy Case separate is “unequal” Equal in the eyes of the court; but no real change force the issue bus segregation in Montgomery • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white person • bus boycott begins

Civil Rights Movement (1954 – 1964) Montgomery Bus Boycott Martin Luther King Jr. becomes the leader • becomes symbol of the movement peaceful protest religious overtone lasts over a year victorious, busses are integrated where does the movement go from here?

Civil Rights Movement (1954 – 1964) Little Rock High School nine African American enroll in school • all are excellent students • movement wants to enforce the Brown decision Governor opposes this integration • uses the National Guard to prevent the nine to enter school (? ? ? ? ? ) • now becomes a state and federal issue

Civil Rights Movement (1954 – 1964) This movement needs the support of all branches of our government to be successful Judicial Branch Executive Branch Brown v Board of Education Start of the Civil Rights Movement Little Rock 9 Enforces the laws established by the court. Legislative Branch