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• SWBAT describe events that lead to and
resulted from the “March on Washington”
• Do Now: What are the characteristics of
effective seeches!
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What haened in Birmingham"Alabama!
• #n Ma$ of %&'(" anti)
segregation marches wereheld
• *nder the orders of +olice,hief ,onnor" the olice
used attac- dogs and firehoses to subdue rotestors
• ."/// eole were arrested
• The violence was caturedb$ television cameras andbroadcast all over the world
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What was Martin 0uther 1ing2s
“0etter from a Birmingham 3ail”!• Among those arrested
at Birmingham was
M01
• #n his 4ail cell he wrotea assionate letter to
e5lain to local
church leaders wh$
he was there andreasons for the civil
rights movement6
•
0etter from Birmingham
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7ow did +resident 1enned$
resond to Birmingham!
• b$ suggesting
the most
comrehensivecivil rights
legislation bill to
,ongress in %//$ears
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Address from +resident 1enned$• What crisis is Kennedy confronting in this speech? How does he plan
on confronting it? • Document D:
• Source: President John F. Kennedy in a radio and television report to the American
people, June 11, 1963
•
• We are confronted rimaril$ with a moral issue6 #t is as old as the scritures and is as
clear as the American ,onstitution6 The heart of the 8uestion is whether all Americans
are to be afforded e8ual rights and e8ual oortunities" whether we are going to treat
our fellow Americans as we want to be treated6 6 6 6
• The fires of frustration and discord are burning in ever$ cit$" North and South" where
legal remedies are not at hand6 9edress is sought in the streets" in demonstrations"
arades" and rotests which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives6
• We face" therefore" a moral crisis as a countr$ and a eole6 #t cannot be met b$reressive olice action6 #t cannot be left to increased demonstrations in the streets6 #t
cannot be 8uieted b$ to-en moves or tal-6 #t is a time to act in the ,ongress" in $our
state and local legislative bod$ and" above all" in all of our dail$ lives6 6 6 6
• Ne5t wee- # shall as- the ,ongress of the *nited States to act" to ma-e a
commitment it has not full$ made in this centur$ to the roosition that race has no
lace in American life or law6
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Who was Medgar vers!
• ;ield secretar$ of the
NAA,+
• Was wor-ing to
desegregate 3ac-son"Mississii
• Murdered b$ a snier
outside of his home in
3une of %&'( the
same night +resident
1enned$ gave his
address on civil rights
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Wh$ was Martin 0uther 1ing2s “#
7ave a Dream Seech” significant!• August .<th" %&'(• Southern Christian Leadership
Conference organi=ed a huge
march on Washington to show
suort for 1enned$2s bill6• delivered to a crowd of more than
.//"///6
• e5ressed his hoes for a unified
America6
• hat are t!o re"erences Kin#
ma$es to %S history& hat are
t!o thin#s he envisions "or %S's
"uture&
•# 7ave A Dream
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hat was the 16th Street Baptist Church
bombing in Birmingham, Alabama?
• bombed on Sunda$"
Setember %>" %&'(6
• -illed four girls
• contributed to suort for
assage of the
,ivil 9ights Act of %&'?6
• The four girls -illed in thebombing @,loc-wise from to
left" Addie Mae ,ollins"
,$nthia Wesle$" ,arole
9obertson and Denise
McNair
2
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What imact did +resident 1enned$2s
assassination have on civil rights
legislation!•
n November .." %&'("+resident 1enned$ was
assassinated while traveling
in an oen motorcade
through Dallas Te5as
• The Warren ,ommission
concluded that a .? $ear old
former Marine" 0ee 7arve$
swald" fired the shots from
the nearb$ Te5as SchoolBoo- Deositor$
• Two da$s later" while being
transferred" swald was shot
and -illed b$ 3ac- 9ub$6
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What significant ,ivil 9ights legislation was
assed in %&'/2s!
• ,ivil 9ights Act of 196 ) +rotection of
voting rights for all AmericansC ened all
ublic facilities to eole of all races @ends
segregation
• .?th Amendment ends oll ta5es
• Eoting 9ights Act of %&'>) nds literac$
Tests
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Wh$ was the summer of %&'?
called “;reedom Summer”!• Demonstrations" bo$cotts of
comanies that didn2t hire
blac- wor-ers" rotests and
voter registration drives
were held all over theSouth6
• The summer turned deadl$
in Mississii when three
activists romoting voterregistration were murdered
as the result of a consirac$
between local olice and
the 111• ;reedom Summer
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,oncluding Activities
• % Write a F age letter to Dr6 1ing6 Do
$ou believe his dream has been fulfilled!
Wh$ or wh$ not! Ma-e secific references
to his seech in $our letter
• . +6 .<&) +6 .&/ Grahic rgani=er and
H2s %)?