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Challenging Segregation
Sit-In MovementA. CORE- successfully integrated
restaurants by using sit-ins1. Jack Spratt Coffee House2. Greensboro, NC Jan 31, 1960-
Woolworth’s
Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee (SNCC)A. Freedom Riders
1. Organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to integrate bus terminals
2. Result- violence
JFK & Civil RightsA. Justice
Department protects rights
B. James Meredith: 1st African American student to attend the Univ. of Mississippi
JFK & Civil Rights
C. Birmingham, AL1. Brutal violence used
against demonstrators led to Dr. King being jailed and prompted Kennedy to prepare a new civil rights bill
Civil Rights Act 1964
A. March on Washington
B. The Law:1. Gave feds more
power 2. Outlawed
segregation3. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Struggle for Voting Rights
A. Selma March (AL)1. March for Freedom2. chosen because
African Americans were the majority there
3. State troopers attacked marchers, later known as “Bloody Sunday”
Struggle for Voting RightsB. Voting Rights Act
19651. In registering
blacks to vote, this authorized the Attorney General to work side-by-side with local officials