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Based on the photograph, identify the rights
that the protestors are demanding on the signs?
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You will have four minutes to write FIVE
statements about the March on Washington
based on the two videos.
Write in COMPLETE SENTENCES!
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Aug. 28, 1963organized by Phillip A.
Randolph (BSCP), MLK (SCLC), James Farmer
(CORE), and John Lewis (SNCC)
“We Shall Overcome”
March was in support of a civil rights bill
proposed by JFK
White and black religious leaders and
celebritiesJames Baldwin, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Jackie Robinson, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez
Effects: Civil rights leaders met with JFK
during the march and were assured of his
support of a new Civil Rights bill
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Based on the speech, describe a minimum of
FIVE goals of MLK, Jr. in his speech.
For example, “I have a dream that one day
Negroes and whites will be able to sit next to
each other on a train.”
Goal: Desegregation of public modes of
transportation
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Passed the House of Representatives
Southern Senators attempted a filibuster to
block passage of act for 75 days
LBJ enlisted called upon support from other
members of the Senate for cloture—3/5 vote to
limit debate and call for a vote
June 1964—Senate voted for cloture—filibuster
failed
Passed by the Senate and signed into law by
LBJ on July 2, 1964
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Passed the House of Representatives
Southern Senators attempted a filibuster to
block passage of act for 75 days
June 1964—Senate voted for cloture (3/5 vote
to limit debate and call for a vote)
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—filibuster failed
Passed by the Senate and signed into law by
LBJ on July 2, 1964
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All voting requirements must be the same for
all people
prohibited discrimination in public
accommodations such as motels, restaurants,
gas stations, theaters, and sports arenas
banned discrimination on basis of race, sex, or
religion by employers
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Set up Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
to investigate wrongdoings
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What are the provisions of Title I and Title II?
What does Title II, Sec. 206 say?
Why do you think Congress was so particular
in defining every term used in Section 201?
What is the provision of Title VI?
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Title I banned the use of different voter
registration standards for blacks and whites
Title II prohibited discrimination in public
accommodations such as motels, restaurants,
gas stations, theaters, and sports arenas
Title VI allowed the withholding of federal
funds from public or private programs
practicing discrimination
Title VII banned discrimination on basis of
race, sex, or religion by employers
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Set up Equal Employment Opportunity Commission