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Eartha Kitt had a rough life growing up on a former slave plantation as a biracial child. When she and her daughter searched for her...

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This is a bundle of 2 highly animated, power point presentations on the Civil Rights Movement – The Bill of Rights & The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 & 1965. Both presentations together number 37 slides. Each of the presentation slides are editable so you can change them to fit your individual needs. Power point #1 is titled, The Bill of Rights and contains 13 slides and covers the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. Each of the amendments are highlighted with explanation of each amendment. Power point #2 is titled, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 & the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and contains 24 slides and covers the following: The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. First proposed by President John F. Kennedy, it survived strong opposition from southern members of Congress and was then signed into law by Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. In subsequent years, Congress expanded the act and passed additional legislation aimed at bringing equality to African Americans, such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965. State and local enforcement of the Voting Rights Act was weak and it often was ignored outright, mainly in the South and in areas where the proportion of blacks in the population was high and their vote threatened the political status quo. The Voting Rights Act gave African-American voters the legal means to challenge voting restrictions and vastly improved voter turnout. In MS alone, voter turnout among blacks increased from 6% in 1964 to 59% in 1969. Since its passage, the Voting Rights Act has been amended to include such features as the protection of voting rights for non-English speaking American citizens. Section 1: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Introduction Background Reconstruction’s Failure Kennedy Decides to Act Johnson Takes Up the Cause Strong House Resistance Strong Senate Resistance Adopted: July 2, 1964! Provisions of the Act The “Second Emancipation” More Civil Rights Gains Section 2: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Background Johnson Elected President Selma Attacks Johnson Takes Action Literacy Tests Adopted: August 6, 1965! Provisions of the Act Legacy of the Act End of Presentation This is one of many power point presentations I offer in my store under the heading.... The Civil Rights Movement.

William Harvey Carney was born a slave in Norfolk, Virginia in 1840. His father William Sr. had escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad and eventually earned enough money to buy the freedom of his wife and son. After freeing his family, the reunited Carneys moved … Read MoreWilliam H. Carney (1840-1908)

Therefore, we, Africans, have nothing to lose but our colonial and neocolonial shackles. We have a motherland overflowing with diamonds, cobalt, gold, uranium, milk, honey and every thing else a pe…