The Civil Rights Movement

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The Civil Rights Movement

• Selected Legislation of the Era
• Lauren Patton
• Jamesville-DeWitt Middle School
• pattonlm_at_jd.cnyric.org

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March on Washington
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Identify Problems

• Step 1 Identify the problem.
• What issues are being faced by African Americans?
• Complete the problems and solutions cut-and-paste
  activity provided with your partner.

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Problem and Solution 1

• Problem Prior to 1956, 17 states required all
  schools to be segregated by race. State and local
  laws punished teachers in integrated schools with
  fines and even jail time!

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Problem and Solution 1

• Solution In Brown v. Board of Education, the
  Supreme Court ruled that the idea of separate
  but equal was not constitutional. Therefore,
  laws calling for racial segregation of schools
• were unconstitutional.

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Problem and Solution 2

• Problem Many African Americans were turned away
  from registering to vote and from polling places.
  They had to pay poll taxes and take impossible
  tests. They faced threats of violence, false
  arrest, and beatings by local police and groups
  like the KKK.

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Problem and Solution 2

• Solution In 1964, the 24th Amendment outlawed
  poll taxes. A year later, the Voting Rights Act
  banned discrimination at voting booths nationwide.

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Problem and Solution 3

• Problem African Americans were discriminated
  against when they tried to buy or rent a home.
  They also had trouble getting loans to purchase
  big ticket items like houses.

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Problem and Solution 3

• Solution The Fair Housing Act was passed as a
  part of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. It prohibits
  discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing
  (loans) of housing based on race, color, national
  origin, religion, gender, marriage status and
  disability.

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Gather Evidence

• Choose one of the problems and solutions from the
  previous activity.
• Step 2 Now, you and your partner should gather
  evidence that supports the existence of this
  issue.
• You will complete the evidence worksheet with
  your partner.

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Determine Causes

• Once you have gathered evidence and sources,
  lets discuss the causes of your problem.
• Step 3 You and your partner should use your
  information and research to determine the causes.
  Complete this worksheet.

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Evaluate

• Step 4 is to evaluate the solution that was
  created for your problem.
• In the first activity, you discovered the
  solution, using the evaluation worksheet,
  determine if that was the best solution for the
  issue.

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Class Discussion

• Each group that chose the same piece of
  legislation will get together and compare
  findings. Then, as a group, the information
  gathered and evaluations made will be shared with
  the rest of the class.
• REMEMBER You are now the experts on your issue
  teach us about it!