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The Movement Time Table 02 African-American VICTORY ?事件发生年份 ▼高低起伏表示历程的艰巨性 03 Why? (Backgroud Stories ) Little rights, could not get good jobs, education and housing Earned respect as members of the armed forces during WWⅡ Sold to American as slaves (bought and sold, like animals) They demanded that their civil rights be respected, too. 04 Martin Luther King Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986 The leader of the American Civil Right Movement Born on January 15, 1929, Died on?April 4, 1968 The speaker of “I Have a Dream” in the 1963 On October 14 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize King was assassinated(暗杀) on April 4, 1968 King’s wife Coretta Scott King succeeded(继承) his work after his death 05 Contents 06 Education ① racial separation in schools, 1951 Segregation Schools for black were worse than for white people ② 13 men wanted to end this policy the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (全国有色人种促进会) ③ The Supreme Court said public schools must accept children of all races as quickly as possible in 1955 Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 n.分离，隔离；种族隔离 同义词：seperation 07 Education Desegregating Little Rock, 1957 ①In September 1957, a black girl attempted to enter an all-white school in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas ②An angry crowd shouted at her. State guards sent by the state governor blocked her way ③A federal court ordered the governor to remove the guards ④riots forced the black students to leave ⑤President tried to help, but failed (federal troops) ⑥Angry white citizens closed all the citys public schools (for 2 years) 08 ①In 1962, a black student named James Meredith sought to attend the University of Mississippi ②The college president refused his application ③President John F. Kennedy, sent federal law officers to help him(regular US Army) ④The first African-American students to attend the University and later graduate from it Education Integration of Mississippi universities, 1956