HIST 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Stokely Carmichael
8 May 2017
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Voting rights act and civil rights moving beyond 1964. Civil rights act said a few things but didn"t go too far because it simply wouldn"t pass if it was too liberal on rights. Freedom summer of 1964 was focused on registering black voters. Lbj knew he was threatening his political future but got more and more on board with the necessity of a voting specific law. Johnson told mlk to reveal the injustice of voting rights so he could use this to push forth vra. Led by sncc and local activists, a strong voter registration movement had already begun. Murder of civil rights workers in selma brought the sclc, sncc, and other national groups to. Selma to protest the murder with the march. Led to bloody sunday, which was a march across the edmund pettus bridge that got attacked by police officers and a vigilante mob. John lewis was hit over the head with a baton.
