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The Civil Rights Movement
Civil War
blacks and whites in public places 1955 refusal to ride
officials to register voters in states where local officials
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What Are Civil Rights?
Civil Rights are the rights and freedoms that all Americans are entitled to,and include legal, social and economic equality
The Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a time period in the 1950s and 1960s where African Americans protested against racism and fought for their civil rights and equality What do you know about racism and how African Americans were treated throughout American History?
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Why Was There a Civil Rights Problem in America? 1) After the Civil War, Southern states restricted the right of freed slaves to vote with: a) Poll Taxes - requiring a tax to be paid to vote b) Literacy Tests - requiring voters to be able to read and write What problems do you foreshadow with these laws?
Why Was There a Civil Rights Problem in America?
2) The Ku Klux Klan terrorized freed slaves in the South in an attempt to limit their civil rights and bring violence to African American families.
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Why Was There a Civil Rights Problem in America?
3) Jim Crow Laws (named after a fictional story character) in the South segregate African Americans within Southern communities
Let's investigate some Jim Crow Laws...
Why Was There a Civil Rights Problem in America?
4) 1896 Plessy v Ferguson - U.S. Supreme Court case decided it was OK to have separate facilities for white and black Americans as long as they were equal (separate but equal). The Supreme Court was saying that segregation was legal.
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Why Was There a Civil Rights Problem in America?
5) Racial Violence - many African Americans were tortured or murdered, especially in the South, by angry southerners determined to be superior to black Americans.
Early Reforms in the Movement 1) The Harlem Renaissance leads to musical and cultural rebirth of African American culture to raise awareness about rights and equality
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Early Reforms in the Movement 2) African Americans in World War II -FDR ordered an end to discrimination in hiring for government jobs...employment of skilled black workers doubled
-Courage shown from groups like the Tuskeegee Airmen led to increased determination and awareness for equality at home
Early Reforms in the Movement 3) In 1947 Jackie Robinson crosses the color line and becomes the first African American baseball player in Major League Baseball in the 20th century
Why do sports play a leading role in shaping our society?
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Civil Rights Movement Events - the fight for integration
1) 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case overturns the "Plessy" decision and decides that separate but equal is unconstitutional. Segregation is now illegal in the eyes of the law. This starts the fight for civil rights in America.
Civil Rights Movement Events - the fight for integration
2) Civil Disobedience - a form of peaceful and non-violent protest even in the face of violence from others -this was the main method of protest for equality. Most Civil Rights Movement events use civil disobedience and non-violence
Why would peaceful protest be more successful than violent protest?
guided notes 2013.notebook Civil Rights Movement Events - the fight for integration
3) 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott -In 1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat at the front of the bus to a white man. She is arrested and her arrest starts a boycott of the Montgomery buses that lasts for a year. Eventually the boycott is successful and the buses are integrated.
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4) 1957 - The Little Rock Nine -Nine students are escorted into school in Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce the Brown v. Board court decision and integrate the schools. President Eisenhower authorizes the use of the National Guard to protect the students.
Civil Rights Movement Events - the fight for integration
5) 1960 - Greensboro Sit-Ins In 1960, students in Greensboro, NC begin the sit-in movement, sitting at segregated lunch counters and refusing to leave until served or arrested. This began a nationwide sit-in movement.
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6) Early 1960s - Freedom Rides - protestors take bus rides across the country to protest segregation. Riders are abused, beaten and killed in their protests.
Civil Rights Movement Events - the fight for integration
7) August 1963 - March on Washington -Civil Rights Leaders including Martin Luther King, Jr. lead a march of more than 200,000 people into Washington DC to fight for Civil Rights Laws from the government. MLK gives his famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
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Civil Rights Legislation Passed 1964 Civil Rights Act - protected the right of all citizens to vote and outlawed segregation 1965 Voting Rights Act - outlawed discriminatory voting laws, such as literacy tests, to provide African Americans with their constitutional right to vote Is this the end of the civil rights movement?
Civil Rights Today Is there still a civil rights movement today? For who? Was the Civil Rights Movement successful? Is there still work to be done?
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