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Third Ku Klux Klan
The third ressurgence of the KKK started in late 1950's early 1960's. This was when the civil rights movement was just starting. The Klan had approximetly 35,000 to 50,000 members.
This is important because the Klan is part of the reason blacks want their full freedom and rights. The Klan terrorises them which makes them want to get their rights so that they stop. Which doesnt really work but it does get better because after they get full rights the police start having to arrest the Klan members -
I have a Dream
This is the famous speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Aproximately 250,000 people marched with him to Washington D.C. just to hear this speech.
The even is important because it showed how together they were and how they were just peaing peaceful by marching. This could have been a failure if no one had decided to march with him, but in the end 250,000 marched with him so it was a success. -
The Ballot or the Bullet
The ballot or the Bullet is a famous speech by Malcolm X that states that black will not stand for it anymore, they would rather fight and die for their rights then wait around on congress. He also called out Lyndon B. Johnson saying if he was really for black rights he needed to go to congress that day and declare it.
This is important because it shows that blacks wwere tired of waiting for congress and the government to get stuff done they were going to take things into their own hands. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. This was just as much problem in the North as it was the South because the Northern white people didnt want the African Americans taking their factory jobs.
This is important because it was a step twoards African Americans to be financially independent, which is one step closer to being free free. -
Malcolm X Assasination
On February 14, 1965, Malcolm X's New York home was firebombed. He believed the NOI was responsible. He didn't let this attack interrupt his schedule. He traveled to Selma, Alabama and returned to New York for a speaking engagement at the Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965. This was his last speech. When Malcolm got up to the podium, a smoke bomb exploded. While that was being put out, Talmadge Hayer, Thomas Johnson, and Norman Butler stood up and shot Malcolm X. -
Voting Rights Act Passed
The Voting Rigths Act of 1965 is passed which is supposed to give blacks the right to vote. and it gets rid of all the discriminitory policies like the grandfather clause, litericy tests, poll tax, etc.
It is important because it made it to where all blacks could vote. After it passesd 250,000 black voters registered. Polotics have now shifted to appealing to not just the abolitionists but to the black community as well. -
Detroit Race Riots of 1967
One of the biggerst riots this nation has ever seen. It started becuase the police raided a well known Black Power hangout and it ended with 43 people dead. 33 African Americans and 10 White. The city was destroyed.
This is important because it shows how badly we treated African Americans. We had no compassion for them but look where it got us. No where. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assasination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. James Earl Ray was arrested on June 8, 1968 and charged with the crime.
This is important because it proved thatsome people still didnt want blacks to have rights but all it did was pushblacks closer to getting rights.
