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Mr. Amos
The Civil Rights Movement1954-1968
Bell Ringer:Create a KWL chart in your bell ringer section. List all ideas that you KNOW
about the word STRUGGLE
Bell Ringer:Answer the questions on your “A Struggle for Rights” under the
Anticipation Guide section with (A) or (D)
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.....
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963US black civil rights leader & clergyman (1929 - 1968)
Basic Understanding of the Civil Rights Movement
The timeline of events that make up this era occurred between 1954 and 1968.
Refers to the noted events and changes leading to the abolishment of racial discrimination, mostly in southern states.
Throughout the 1900’s, racial inequality and acts of racial violence spread throughout the United States.
The United States Government supported racial inequality through Supreme Court rulings.
Separate but Equal?Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896
• Supreme court decision “Separate but Equal”
• Legalized public segregation • Led to Jim Crow Laws• Homer Plessy was not allowed to ride on a
train after purchasing a ticket because of Race
Brown vs. Board of Education 1954• Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson “Separate
is not Equal”• Led to the integration of public school
systems• Led to the abolishment of Jim Crow Laws• Linda Brown was denied entry in Monroe
Elementary
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Civil Disobedience
was the name given to direct action with nonviolent resistance
These actions were a direct result of racial segregation and acts of discrimination
Boycotts, Sit-ins, and Marches were the most widely used demonstrations
MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT 1955-56
• Rosa Parks resisted racial discrimination when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. She was arrested for civil disobedience in Montgomery, Alabama.
• This was the cause of the Boycott.• The year long boycott led to the U.S.
Supreme Court decision that declared segregation on public transit to be unconstitutional.
????? IF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAD NOT
BOYCOTTED WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OUTCOME ??????
SIT-INS (Greensboro, NC)
• In 1960, four students from North Carolina A&T sat at an all white lunch counter at a Greensboro, NC Woolworths.
• The four students refused to leave after being denied service.
• This Led to hundreds of individuals organizing sit-ins and the desegregation of the Woolworths chain and other stores.
Woolworths in Greensboro, NC
Sit-in on February 2nd, 1960
MARCHES (Selma to Montgomery)
• Selma to Montgomery marches were 3 marches that marked the peak of the Civil Rights Movement
• March 7th, 1965 Bloody Sunday occurred when 600 civil rights marchers were attacked by police with clubs and tear gas during a peaceful assembly
• Civil Rights leaders included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jim Bevel, and Hosea Williams
March on Washington• On August 28th, 1963 the March
on Washington for Jobs and Freedoms occurred
• Main purpose was to push the passage of civil rights laws that the Kennedy administration had promised
• Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech
August 28th, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington D.C.
The Civil Rights Movement Led to Legislation
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SERVICES ACT OF
1965
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968
WRITE A LETTER• Write a letter to Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. about the Civil Rights Movement and how it has impacted our lives in 2006.
• Reflect on his address in Washington D.C. and his view of the future as seen from 1963.
• Use specific facts and events to relate current themes in the news to that of the Civil Rights Movement.
