Civil Rights Overview PowerPoint
Civil Rights Overview PowerPoint
Civil Rights Overview PowerPoint
African Americans
(Overview)
Slavery in the United States 1619-1865
Slave Ship packed
inhumanely
Ku Klux
Klan
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
“Separate, but Equal”= Upheld Segregation
“Separate, but Equal”
Post-WWII
Segregation in U.S. Military Ends 1948
Brown vs. Board 1954
Ends segregation in public school – Many
Southern States rebel
Death of Emmett Till 1955
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African
Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated
seating. The boycott took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is
regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation.
Rosa Parks
Little Rock Nine, 1957
The Little Rock Nine was
a group of nine African
American students
enrolled in Little Rock
Central High School in
1957. Their enrollment
was followed by the
Little Rock Crisis, in
which the students
were initially prevented
from entering the
racially segregated
school by Orval Faubus,
the Governor of
Arkansas.
Sit-in 1960
Sit-in: a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
Freedom Riders 1961
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who
participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to
protest segregated bus terminals.
Children’s March 1963
Young people of Birmingham braved arrest, fire hoses, and police dogs in 1963 to end segregation to its
knees. People all over the world saw the video footage of the brutal police tactics at home on television.
March on Washington 1963
The March on Washington for Jobs and
Freedom, the March on Washington, or The
Great March on Washington, was held in
Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, MLK-”I have a dream”
1963. The purpose of the march was to
advocate for the civil and economic rights of
African Americans.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Malcolm X
1968
Olympics