Civil Rights Movement We will be developing an understanding of: The growth in the Civil Rights movement. The beliefs of Martin Luther King Jnr.

Civil Rights Movement

We will be developing an understanding of:

•The growth in the Civil Rights movement.

•The beliefs of Martin Luther King Jnr.

Growth of Civil Rights post-WWII/Why did it grow after

WWIIO Impact of the Second World War e.g. USA fighting against a

violent racist regime abroad while violent racism flourished in the southern states

O Experience of black soldiers from the south who witnessed integration abroad

O Actions of early campaigners e.g. Phillip Randolph, Core (1942)

O The existence of Jim Crow laws in the southern states O Effects of segregation – e.g. schools, transport, restaurants O Concern at other inequalities faced by Black Americans eg

low wages, poor housing O Refusal of State governments to desegregate following Brown v

Topeka judgement O Continuance of lynching O North/South divide become more obvious after 1945

O You will complete the Facebook Profile of Martin Luther King by using the information provided in this PowerPoint.

O Born as Michael Luther King on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He later changed his name to Martin.

O His parents were: Alberta Williams King and Reverend Martin Luther King Sr.

O King married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953

O They had four children: O Yolanda Denise (17 Nov. 1955) O Martin Luther III (23 Oct. 1957)O Dexter Scott (30 Jan. 1961)O Bernice Alberine (28 March 1963)

O King attended segregated public schools in Georgia

O He graduated from high school at the age of 15

O In 1948 he graduated from Morehouse College with a B.A. degree in Sociology and in 1951 he was awarded a B.D. (Bachelor of Divinity).

O In 1955, King received a Doctorate in Systematic Theology from Boston University.

When studying at University, King attended a lecture on Gandhi.

King admired Gandhi’s non-violence campaign and success against the British government.

O King protested against racial segregation and discrimination of blacks in the Southern States.

O His methods of non-violent direct action were supported by many people and so the campaign for equality turned into a mass movement.

O The movement achieved two great victories:O The Civil Rights Act of 1964O The Voting Rights Act of 1965

O In December 1964, at the age of 35, Dr. King was the youngest man, the second American and the third black man awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

O He declared that every penny of the $ 54,000 would be used in the ongoing civil rights struggle.

OOn the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

" King became not only the symbolic leader of American

blacks but also a world figure.“

‘I have a Dream…’

Explain the reasons why the Civil Rights

Movement grew after WWI. (5)

Aims of non-violent Civil Rights Movement led by

MLK. O Main aim to achieve equal rights for blacks. O End segregation on buses, schools, restaurants etc. in the Southern

States. O End discrimination against blacks in employment, housing etc. O To gain for all black people the right to register and vote without

fear of threats and violence. O End racist violence and lynchings by the Ku Klux Klan. O Build mass support from blacks (and whites), for non-violent

protest. O To gain publicity for the unfair treatment of blacks and shame

whites into giving blacks civil rights & gain support from political parties.

O To improve the poor social and economic conditions suffered by many black Americans.