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The Sixties Freedom Movement: A Fight for Equality and Rights

The 1960s marked a pivotal era in the fight for civil rights and freedoms in the United States. Key events included Rosa Parks' remarkable act of defiance that ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott, lasting 381 days, and the Supreme Court ruling against segregation. Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. emerged, advocating for racial equality and launching movements across the nation. The decade also saw the blossoming of sexual freedom and women's liberation, with significant changes in societal norms and legal rights. A transformative period of activism that reshaped American society.

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The Sixties Freedom Movement: A Fight for Equality and Rights

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  1. SIXTIES FREEDOM By Madonna Scott

  2. Sixties Freedom • Rosa Parks • December 1, 1955 • No more humiliation • Arrested • City owned bus company boycott • Lasted 381 days • Supreme Court ruling – segregation unconstitutional • Later years • Not happy yet

  3. The Freedom Movement • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Young pastor • Eloquent speaker • Bridged races • Formed Montgomery Improvement Association • Launched Chicago Freedom Movement

  4. The Freedom Movement • Vietnam war • U.S.feared Communist takeover of Vietnam • Lyndon B. Johnson concerned about image • Requested legislation securing right to vote • Great Society programs – War on Poverty • Medicare • Medicaid

  5. The Freedom Movement • Little RockCentral High School • Governor Faubus • National Guard • “Little Rock Nine” • Court Order • Federal troops to enforce order

  6. The New Left • Struggle for freedom • Sit-ins at Berkley • Free speech movement • Fixed up park • Reagan had National Guard fence off the park and guard it • Sit-in at Liberty Bell • Support southern drive for voting rights

  7. Sexual Freedom • Sexual pleasure • Communes • Birth control pills • Separated sex from reproduction • Erotic revolution • “Second wave” of feminism • Women’s liberation movement • Trashed undies • Known as burning their bras

  8. The Rights Revolution • Chief Justice Warren • Court revitalized Bill of Rights • First Amendment • Freedom of press ruling said had right to critize government • Constitutional right to privacy • Referred to as protection against journalistic intrusion • By 60’s – meant the ability to conduct private life without feal of govermental invasion • Legal rights of women expanded • No-fault divorce laws • Prosecuting marital rape and assalt helped free women

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