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1、How can we call those black peopleSpanish word black” In 1985, an American company bought this toothpaste company and changed its name.disrespectful African-American Civil Rights Movement Outline1 . Brief introduction 2 . Background information 3 . Major events 4 . Influence What is civil rights mov

2、ement The civil rights movement was a mass popular movement to secure for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. The civil rights movement was the largest social movement of the 2 0 th century in the United States. It influenced t

3、he modern womens rights movement and the student movement of the 1 9 6 0 s. Although the roots of the movement go back to the 1 9 th century, it peaked in the 1 9 5 0 s and 1 9 6 0 s. African American men and women, along with whites, organized and led the movement at national and local levels. They

4、 pursued their goals through legal means, negotiations, petitions, and nonviolent protest demonstrations. 2 . Historical background Early in its history, black Africans were brought to America as slaves. They were bought and sold, like animals. Nearly 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, A

5、frican Americans in Southern states still inhabited a starkly unequal world of disenfranchisement, segregation and various forms of oppression, including race-inspired violence. Jim Crow laws (美國針對黑人實施的種族隔離法案) at the local and state levels barred them from classrooms and bathrooms, from theaters and

6、 train cars, from juries and legislatures. Education For every $ 1 5 0 .0 0 0 spent on white children at the white schools only $ 5 0 .0 0 0 was spent on African American children at the black schools. The parents of the African American children thought that their school was not treated as fairly b

7、ecause they were colored. They did not have the most current textbooks, not enough school supplies, and overcrowded classrooms. Black elementary school White elementary school 3 . Major events Brown Decision-Separation Is Inherently Illegal The 1 9 5 4 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of E

8、ducation of Topeka, Kansas ushered in a new era in the struggle for civil rights. This landmark decision outlawed racial segregation in public schools. 1 9 5 4 1 9 5 5 lSit-inslIn February 1 9 6 0 , four African American students sat down at a segregated lunch counter in a local store in Greensboro,

9、 North Carolina. They refused to leave until they were served. 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 1 In the spring of 1 9 6 1 , civil rights activists volunteered as “Freedom Riders” to ride buses into segregated terminals throughout the South. In May busloads of Freedom Riders were attacked by mobs in the Alabama cities

10、 of Anniston and Birmingham. 1 9 6 3 The March on Washington was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations under the theme jobs, and freedom. Estimates of the number of participants varied from 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 (police) to over 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 (leaders of the march). About 8

11、0 % of the marchers were African Americans and the rest were white and other ethnic groups. The march began at the Washington Monument and ended at the Lincoln Memorial with a program of music and speakers. 1 9 6 4 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered I Have a Dream speech to hundreds of thousands a

12、t the March on Washington. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today Meaningful civil rights laws A massive federal works program Full and fair employm

13、ent Decent housing The right to vote Adequate integrated education Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr eventually became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. 1 9 6 4 Congress passed Civil Rights Act declaring discrimination based on race illegal after 7 5 -day long argument. 1 9 6 5 The passage of the Vo

14、ting Rights Act of 1 9 6 5 helped pave the way for more African Americans to vote. The Voting Rights Act of 1 9 6 5 also helped other minorities. It set aside a New York state law requiring voters to be able to read English, enabling such groups as Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans to vote. Edward

15、 Brooke, elected first black U.S. senator in 8 5 years. 1 9 6 6 1 9 6 8 On April 4 , 1 9 6 8 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated by a sniper as he stood on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, TN. He was there to support the African American sanitation workers. He was planning a natio

16、nal poor peoples campaign to promote economic gains for African Americans and poor people. Later Development 1 9 7 3 - Maynard Jackson ,first black elected mayor of a major Southern U.S. city. 1 9 7 5 - Voting Rights Act extended. 1 9 8 8 - Congress passes Civil Rights Restoration Act over President

17、 Reagans veto. 1 9 8 9 - L. Douglas Wilder (Virginia) becomes first black elected governor. 1 9 9 1 - Civil rights museum opens at King assassination site in Memphis. 2 0 0 9 - Barack Obama took the office of white house in 2 0 0 9 Influence Reconstruction of the Image and Confidence of African Amer

18、icans Impact on the Other Disadvantaged Groups Strong Faith in Equity More Stable American Society The Civil Rights Movement itself was the process of the African Americans finding their own values, increasing self-awareness, improving the social status. It pointed out to African Americans that they

19、 should be equal with anyone else both on spirit and mental, and they should have the rights of being equal in spirit. “What is your blood?” “I am a African American.” “I am proud of being an African American.”4.1 4.2 Women, Hispanics, and Native Americans-found new hope in the African Americans str

20、uggle and formed movements of their own. Because of civil rights struggle, many Americans began to question the status of American society and the policies of the government. Under the influence of the African Americans, these disadvantaged groups struggle made great improvement. 4.3 Under the promo

21、tion of African American Civil Rights Movement, the concept of equality enjoyed popular and the oppressed Americans fought together, forming the massive social movement in the late sixties early seventies. On December, 5 th, 2 0 0 8 , Americans finally welcome their first African American president-

22、 Barack Hussein Obama Jr.-on the land of the most colorful ethnic color on earth. This was not Obama himself and People of color victory, but also the victory of the Civil Rights. 4.4 After the Civil Rights Movement, people in America had more freedom. They have the channel of expressing ideas and w

23、ays of venting emotions. So it was not easy to burst out and make huge destruction. The Civil Rights Movement gave the African Americans a good chance to express their injustice and entitled the biggest minority in America the real equity. From this time on, the African Americans had stronger faith in the constitution and the federal government, which was good to build a more stable society. Thanks