1955

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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

• Political demonstrat on August 28th 1963 for jobs and freedom (200.000 people)
• Climax of the Civil Rights Movement
• Martin Luther King held his famopus speech 'I have a dream'

• Was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2nd 1964
• It guaranteed black people could vote
• It illegalized segregation in public establishments

• Public transportation was widely segregated, white passengers were preferred
• December 1st 1955: Rosa Park's civil disobedience in Montgomery, Alabama
• On the day of the trial all black people boycotted buses, share cars instead

• American baptist minister and activist
• Held best known speech of CRM
• Was for desegregation and letting black people vote
• He organized lots of non-violent protests
• His non-violent way was opposed to the white resistance who were radically violent
• Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1964
• Was assassinated on April 4th 1965

Montgomery Bus Boycott II

• Martin Luther King gave a speech announcing the continuance of the boycott
• Montgomery Improvement Association was founded and King declared the leader
• November 13th 1956: supreme court declares segregation as unconstitutional
• November 20th, after 381 days: the desegregation was accomplished in Montgomery

Status Quo

• After civil war (1861-'65): abolishment of slavery
• 1877: racism rises in the south
• 1895: 'separate but equal' laws confirmed
• 1909: founding of NAACP
• 1954: Brown vs. Board of Education: formally ends segregation in public schools

Present Civil Rights Movements

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1968

1962

1964

1954

1956

1958

1960

• Black Lives Matter is against
• Racial profiling
• Police Violence
• Inequality of the races
• Social Justice Movement protests for
• Women's rights
• LGBT rights
• Equality of the races and sexes

SOURCES

• http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2014/01/march_on_washington_aerial_view-P.jpeg
• https://i1.wp.com/fusion.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mlk-reaction-1.jpg?resize=1600%2C900&quality=80&strip=all
• https://translate.google.com/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1954%E2%80%9368)
• http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCrgerrechtsbewegung
• http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1917beyond/essays/crm.htm

Little Rock Desgregation II

• Helped MLK to be released from prison during his election campaign
• Employed national guard to protect blacks
• Persecuted march on the black in August 1963 as an escalation was feared
• Everyting stayed quiet -> MLK held his famous speech
• JFK was a supporter of the CRM and realized he had to push through the new civil rights proposal
• Was assassinated on November 22nd 1963 -> civil rights proposal was pushed through by his successor

• Leader of CRM
• Especially fought for slum or ghetto population
• -> Grew up there
• Lost hope in whites
• Promoted a violent demonstration theory
• As opposed to MLK
• Whites were violent
• Wanted to answer violence with violence
• Reputation of the afro-american should not be weak

• After a court decison the national guard was withdrawn on September 20th
• The students were stopped by protestors three days later when tried to enter school again
• On Septemer 24th national

guard was sent to dissolve

the demonsation and to

escort the students into

the school

• First black students after the annulment of segregation in 1957
• Group of 9 students of the little rock central high school
• The gouverneur of arkansas prevented the school attendance by deploying the national guard on September 2nd
• Besides white citenzens demonstrated against the students

(USA 1955-1968)