The Civil Rights Movement: Struggles and Triumphs

Abolitionists fought against slavery, leading to the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. Early protests against Jim Crow laws laid the foundation for organizations like the NAACP. Key events, such as Rosa Parks' arrest and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, marked significant progress. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ensured equal voting rights. This movement, led by notable figures like Martin Luther King Jr., aimed to end racial discrimination and segregation.

• Civil Rights Movement
• Abolitionists
• Segregation
• Equal Rights
• Voting Rights

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1. The Civil Rights Movement

2. Background Abolitionists were people who thought slavery was wrong. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves during the Civil War with the Emancipation Proclamation.

3. Important Early Protest Early in the 1900s, African-Americans started to protest the Jim Crow laws to enforce segregation. Several African-Americans leaders such as W.E.B Du Bois and Ida B. Wells founded the NAACP in 1909.

4. Major Events in the Movement In 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. Martin Luther King Jr. lead non-violent protest including the Birmingham Campaign and the March on Washington.

5. Civil Rights Act of 1964 This act, signed into law by President Johnson, outlawed segregation and the Jim Crow laws of the south. It also outlawed discrimination based on race, national background, and gender.

6. Voting rights Act of 1965 In 1965 another law passed that said citizens could not be denied the right to vote on there race. It outlawed literacy test and poll taxes.

7. Bibliography http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/african- american_civil_rights_movement.php