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Appendix C

Leaders and Legislation of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements

Identify leaders of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements and their contributions to their respective causes. How did these social pioneers forge the way for this important ratification? What legislation was relevant during these critical times?

Part I

Complete the following matrix by identifying 7 to 10 leaders or legislative events from both the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. The first leader is provided as a model.

|Leader and Associated |Date(s) |Organization and/or Cause |Contribution |
|Legislation, if any | | | |
|A. Philip Randolph |1941 |Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which |His threat to march on Washington to protest |
| | |fought Discrimination |discriminatory treatment caused former |
| | | |President Franklin D. Roosevelt to react with |
| | | |new policies on job discrimination. |
| |1963-1964 |Birmingham Campaign |It organized Sit-Ins, Keneel-Ins, and other non|
|Wyatt Tee Walker | | |violent methods to support desegregation in |
| | | |schools. |
| |1963-1964 |St. Augustine Movement |He was a great focal point on getting the |
|Dr. Robert B. Hayling | | |world’s attention for segregation by helping |
| | | |the St. Augustine Four to freedom. |
| |1961-1963 |Kennedy Administration |This organization was responsible for starting |
|John F. Kennedy | | |a fire in the start of the Civil Rights Act of |
| | | |1964 which was finished by President Lyndon |
| | | |Johnson. |
| |1955 |Montgomery Bus Boycott |Rosa was forced to give up her seat for a white|
|Rosa Parks | | |man, and was arrested, tried, and convicted. |
| | | |This resulted in the boycott for desegregating |
| | | |the busses. |
| |1960 |Sit-ins |This Group of students initiated the sit-ins in|
|COAHR | | |Atlanta and was inspired an Atlanta Student |
| | | |Movement. They were very well trained on the |
| | | |non violent protest. |
|Brown VS. Board of |1954-1954 |U.S. Supreme Court |Schools were overturned so that Black and White|
|Education | | |students could have the same opportunity and |
| | | |space to continue education. |
|Coretta Scott King |1968 |King assassination and the Poor People’s March |She Led 20,000 people through the streets of |
| | | |Memphis and restored courage and hope back into|
| | | |Many People who were down about the movement. |
| | | |In the name of her late husband Dr. Martin |
| | | |Luther King Jr. |

Part II

Once you complete the matrix, use the space below to write a 75- to 100-word response describing the role civil disobedience played in the Civil Rights Movement.

Civil disobedience played a particularly large part in the Civil Rights Movement to the point where it was successful in changing the perspectives of right and wrong for the time being. At the time of the Civil Rights Movement the Idea of people standing there ground when it came to disobeying the Law or just White People in general was not the first thing that would come to mind. The Black people were to endure such brutal tactics just to be heard. The ones who stood long and stayed strong and held their heads up high were more than few and in that alone numbers were a big part in this war we called the Civil Rights Movement. They were beat and spit on and treated less than our pets. But when they were proven to be still standing this would still be portrayed as civil disobedience. This was obviously a great nonviolent tactic seeing as it has changed the lives of us all forever.