Civil Rights Act of 1964• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed under new

President ____________________.

• The law’s major sections included:

• Title I: banned the use of different _______ ________________ standards.

• Title II: prohibited discrimination in ___________ places.

• Title VI: allowed the withholding of _________________ from programs that practiced ____________________.

• Title VII: banned ____________ on the basis of race, sex, religion or national origin by employers and unions.

• Created the __________________________________ ________________ (EEOC) to investigate charges of job discrimination.

Voting Rights Act of 1965• African Americans were still unhappy with unequal

voting rights so they participated in ____________ _________ which was a _______ walk from Selma, Alabama to the state capital in Montgomery.

• This event later became known as “__________ _______________.”

• In reaction to The Selma March, President Johnson and Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

• Under the act, federal officials could ________ African American voters where local officials were ___________ their registration. It also eliminated _________________________.

• In the year after the law passed, ________ African Americans registered to vote in the deep South.

24th Amendment• Together, the Civil

Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 created a new voting population in the __________.

• 24th Amendment: outlawed the _____ ______ which kept poor African Americans from voting.

• ____________________ rose to leadership in SNCC and caused the group to become more radical.

• He was tired of nonviolent protest and wanted SNCC to be _________ black, ____________ white activists.

• This caused a split in the civil rights movement.

• Carmichael’s idea of ________ ________ was a call to unite African Americans and build a sense of community.

The Black Power Movement

• In 1966 political activists ______________ and ______________ formed a new militant political party called The Black Panthers.

• The Panthers wanted African Americans to lead their own __________, demanded government help in rebuilding ghettos, and combated ________ ______________.

• They often found themselves in violent encounters with ___________.

• Led to a more serious split in the movement with __________ groups (SNCC and Black Panthers) moving away from more ___________ organizations (NAACP).

The Black Panthers

• The Panthers were very involved in their ______________.

• They focused on ending _________ and improving ________ in the ghettos.

• Also wanted to “serve the people” by creating Free Breakfast for Children Program, free _________ clinics, first aide, free clothing, ___________, end of ____________, and _______________ rehabilitation.

The Black Panthers