Civil Rights movement

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Civil Rights movement

• 1954 - 1970

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Standards / Essential Question

• SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the
  impact of political developments between
  1945-1970.
• In the land of equality and liberty and justice
  for all, why was there a need for a movement to
  grant all citizens civil rights?

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Jackie Robinson

• Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
• Baseball was integrated in 1947
• Baseball was a major industry and very popular
• Jackie Robinsons approach to integrations and
  the way he handled his situation with class and
  dignity changed many Americans attitudes about
  integration.

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overview

• African-American Civil Rights Movement
  (19551968) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• The civil rights movement saw many barriers fall
  from equal oppo. In employment, to desegregation
  at all levels.
• During the civil rights movement, many
  influential leaders emerged to help bring about
  monumental change

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The beginning

• Brown v. Board of Education - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
• This case makes segregation in schools illegal on
  the basis of if things are separate, then they
  inherently wont be equal.
• Overturned Plessy v. Ferguesons ruling of
  Separate but Equal
• Occurred in 1954

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Rosa Parks

• African Americans during this time were being
  encouraged to stand up to the unjust oppressive
  laws.
• Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat up to a
  white passenger. She was jailed in 1955.
• Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) came to prominence
  through his leadership of a peaceful boycott of
  the Montgomery bus system, Montgomery Alabama.
• Montgomery Bus Boycott - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
• During the boycott, the Montgomery bus system
  almost went out of business and the buses were
  forced to integrate to stay in business.

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SCLC

• Started in 1957
• Due to the success of the boycott, MLK begins a
  group called the Southern Christian Leadership
  Conference. (SCLC)
• This group rooted its efforts in peaceful,
  non-violent protests, that derived from civil
  disobedience.

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LITTLE ROCK NINE

• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/resour
  ces/vid/03_video_schools_qt.html - Little Rock
  Nine footage
• In 1957, Little Rock High School was integrated
• 9 African American students sought to enroll, but
  were blocked from entering the school from Mobs
  of people
• Eisenhower mobilized the military to escort the
  students to school

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Sit-ins - 1960

• Sit ins were a technique employed by the SNCC
  (student non-violent coordinating committee), an
  offshoot group of MLKs SCLC.
• Sit-ins proved highly effective and are credited
  with shifting trends in American restaurants in
  response to African Americans.
• Sit-in - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Freedom rides - 1961

• The SNCC and CORE (Congress of Racial equality),
  led a movement to test the laws of desegregation
  on buses.
• Freedom ride - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Freedom riders were met with arrest and violence
  in the south.

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Integration of Ole miss

• 1962 James Meredith attempted to enroll at Ole
  Miss university.
• The governor and other protestors would not allow
  him to.
• Federal Marshalls were called in to escort him to
  class and military units were stationed in Oxford
  to make sure no rioting would occur.

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MLK and organized leadership

• King led the Birmingham campaign which was
  designed to be a series of non-violent protests
  to fill the jails and force a discussion about
  de-segregation.
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/resour
  ces/vid/07_video_c_qt.html - Bull Connor video
• It was successful, although many African
  Americans suffered at the hands of Bull Connor.
• MLK wrote his famous letter Letter from
  Birmingham Jail

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Project C

• Bull Connor, the police chief in Birmingham
  Alabama used harsh techniques against African
  Americans.
• Through project C, (confrontation) African
  Americans sought to call attention to this
  injustice so that the nation would be aware of
  what vile things were occurring.
• Police dogs
• Fire Hoses

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March On Washington

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -
  Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• In 1963, MLK led a march in Washington DC with
  about 250,000 others to the steps of the Lincoln
  Memorial where he made his famous I have a
  dream speech.
• Speech audio

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Civil rights act of 1964

• As part of the Great Society LBJ passes the
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece
  of legislation in the that outlawed
  discrimination based on race, color, religion,
  sex, or national origin.It ended unequal
  application of voter registration requirements
  and segregation in schools, at the workplace and
  by facilities that served the general public
• Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
• Voting Rights Act - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia

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1965 Alabama campaign

• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/
  10_march.htmlvideo
• 3 separate marches
• Mar 7, 9, 16
• In the first march, African Americans were
  attacked with clubs and teargas from the police.
  (bloody Sunday)
• These marches were taking place to protest
  against Alabamas refusal to recognize the voting
  rights of African Americans.

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RFK and civil rights

• Robert F. Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
• JFK brother, Robert Kennedy is credited with
  assisting with civil rights

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1968 unrest

• Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination -
  Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Robert F. Kennedy assassination - Wikipedia, the
  free encyclopedia

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Malcolm X

• Not all people were in favor of MLK and non
  violent protest.
• Malcolm Little, later named Malcolm X opposed
  peaceful protest.
• Malcolm X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/resour
  ces/vid/11_video_noi_qt.html

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Bakke case and affirmative action

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
  - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Civil rights for Latino minorities

• César Chávez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  and the leadership Phillipino, Latin, and
  Dominican Americans.
• United Farm Workers - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia

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American Experience videos

• Civil Rights movement news videos