Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement Notes (DOC and PDF)

Notes correspond with the PowerPoint presentation on Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

Topics Covered:

-          National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

-          Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

-          Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

-          Segregation

-          Integration

-          Sit-ins

-          Freedom rides

-          Civil disobedience

-          1963 march on Washington, D.C.

-          Civil Rights Act of 1964

-          24^th Amendment

-          Poll taxes

-          Voting Rights Act of 1965

-          Literacy tests

 Key Terms and People: 

-          Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

-          Rev. C.T. Vivian

-          William Mahoney (freedom rider)

-          John Lewis

-          Jim Zwern

-          President Lyndon B. Johnson