Timeline (1954-1968)

Political Changes

• African-Americans were met with violence when going to polls
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• helped combat restrictions on voter registration (24th Amendment)
• recognition through marches on Washington ("I Have a Dream")
• Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965

Economic Changes

• the 24th Amendment eliminated poll taxes
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission helped end employment and hiring discrimination
• "economic power" became a big part of the Black Power movement

Social Changes

• African-Americans stopped conforming to white beauty standards, i.e. natural hair
• extreme activists began rebelling against prison system
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Council (SNCC)
• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
• desegregation of schools; integration

Split After 1965

• violence began as means of self-defense, as encouraged by Malcom X
• post-MLK assassination, violence skyrocketed, including race riots
• "white backlash" from white blue collar workers/voters
• non-violence vs. Malcolm X's Black Power movement
• influenced student organizations such as SNCC and CORE
• led to the rise of the Black Panthers

Prominent Figures

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Malcolm X (Elijah Muhammad)
• Bob Moses
• Stokely Carmichael (SNCC)

Black Lives Matter and Modern Civil Rights

• began as a result of increasing occurrences and coverage of black men being shot and killed by police
• first major riots were in Ferguson, Missouri, after the police officer who shot Michael Brown was acquitted
• BLM formed to shed light on the apparent disregarding of serious issues present in the modern United States
• less about gaining legal rights; more about gaining respect and acceptance of those rights