Transcript of The political response
- 1. JasmynK Gabi S Sam M Clay E The Political Response
- 2. Kennedy on Civil Rights Kennedy was popular with African
Americans and supported civil rights. Supported fair housing.
Appointed many African Americans to government positions. Thurgood
Marshall as first African American Supreme Court Justice Attempted
to pass a civil rights bill. Prohibit segregation in public places
Ban discrimination wherever federal funds were involved Supported
school desegregation
- 3. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Lyndon Johnson elected
president works to get Kennedys Civil Rights bill passed. Senate
segregationalists started a lengthy filibuster to stall the voting
process. Johnson used a cloture to end the stalling and passed the
bill. Provisions of the act: Equalized voter registration standards
Prohibited discrimination Could withhold funding from
discriminating programs Banned discrimination Created the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- 4. Freedom Summer 1964 1,000 African American and White
volunteers organized a voter registration drive Met by angry
segregationalists and KKK members Resulted in violence 3 dead young
volunteers 80 mob attacks Homes of Civil Rights activists burned
down
- 5. Democratic Convention Voters created the Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party (MFDP) MFDP wanted delegate seats at the
Convention Johnson agreed and offered to eliminate discrimination
MFDP rejected offer short of expectations
- 6. Selma March Discrimination against registering voters in
Selma, Alabama King organizes march from Selma to Montgomery
Marchers attacked by police National Guard sent to protect marchers
25,000 people were marching by the time they reached
Montgomery
- 7. The Voting Rights Act Congress passed Voting Rights Act of
1965 the summer after Selma March Federal officials could register
voters anywhere Eliminated literacy tests Eliminated other barriers
as well
- 8. Other Civil Rights Landmarks African Americans would be
elected to political office. 24th Amendment Outlawed poll tax
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