The Origins of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
The Jim Crow South c. 1950 Emmett Till Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Boycott Brown v. Board of Education SCLC and SNCC Hispanic and Latino Americans
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Emmett Till
Rosa Parks
Early Civil Rights Movement
Based in Black Churches
Early Civil Rights Movement
Based in Black Churches Based on Christian Principles
Early Civil Rights Movement
Based in Black Churches Based on Christian Principles Based on Non-violent Civil Disobedience
Early Civil Rights Movement
Based in Black Churches Based on Christian Principles Based on Non-violent Civil Disobedience Based on the Teaching of Jesus, Ghandi,
and Thoreau
Early Civil Rights Movement
Based in Black Churches Based on Christian Principles Based on Non-violent Civil Disobedience Based on the Teaching of Jesus, Ghandi,
and Thoreau Purpose: To desegregate the Jim Crow South
Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka Ka.
1954- Warren Court ruled that segregation
in public schools was inherently unequal.
Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka Ka.
1954- Warren Court ruled that segregation
in public schools was inherently unequal. Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896.
Crisis at Little Rock
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
SCLC
Founded by Black ministers to lead the
Civil Rights Movement (1957) Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lunch Counter Sit-ins at Greensboro (1960)
Sit ins
Sit ins
SNCC
1960: Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee
SNCC
1960: Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee Founded by veterans of the sit-in movement
SNCC
1960: Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee Founded by veterans of the sit-in movement Composed primarily of College-aged young people
SNCC
1960: Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee Founded by veterans of the sit-in movement Composed primarily of College-aged young people Worked closely with Dr. King and the SCLC to further the cause of Civil Rights