Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentation: 18 slides

Objective: To examine the gains made as a result of 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

Multimedia:

Video clip: Freedom Comes to Birmingham (4:22)

Video clip: Footage of the sit-in movement in Nashville, TN (22:43)

Video clip: Freedom riders describe their journey (:44)

Video clip: Bull Connor’s police attack protesters with fire hoses and dogs in Birmingham, Alabama (1:44)

Video and Audio: Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” (4:56)

Video clip: Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech (full and abridged versions)

Video clip: Civil Rights Act of 1964 (2:57)

Video clip: The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (7:45)