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The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement. An Introduction. What are civil rights? Slavery was abolished following the Civil War. Why did discrimination against African Americans still persist?. The Long Movement. Reconstruction Amendments. Read the 13 th , 14 th and 15 th Amendments (pp.102-104, green)

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The Civil Rights Movement

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  1. The Civil Rights Movement An Introduction

  2. What are civil rights? • Slavery was abolished following the Civil War. Why did discrimination against African Americans still persist? The Long Movement

  3. Reconstruction Amendments • Read the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments • (pp.102-104, green) • Whose rights are expanded? How? • These do not resolve the issue of societal prejudice.

  4. Jim Crow Laws • Examples… • Pool and Billiard Rooms:  It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other at any game of pool or billiards. • Children Playing: It shall be unlawful for negro and white children to play together whether in public or private.

  5. Plessy v. Ferguson • What was the issue in Plessy v. Ferguson? • LA law required rail companies to separate the races • Court’s justification… -separate but equal -the segregation of cars does not conflict with the 13th Amend. -14th Amendment cannot be seen to abolish differences between races. -Separate facilities for the races are appropriate and legal as long as they are equal.

  6. Review the following Eras (green Americans) • Gilded Age: Pp. 309-311 • Progressive Era: Pp. 346-347 • World War I: Pp. 414-415 • 1920s: Pp. 470-471 • WWII: Pp. 598-599 • What evidence was there of discrimination? • Were there advances made toward equality? Explain. Life for African Americans

  7. What happened in the 55 years after the Plessy decision? Dr. & Mrs Clark's Doll Tests….. Integration = Confrontation

  8. Brown v. Board • What problems resulted in the case? • Explain “separate but equal”. • What events had occurred between 1896 and 1954 related to race relations? Decision: -separate is NOT equal -effects of segregation -feelings of inferiority -separation of races increases animosity and suspicion -separate education facilities perpetuates discrimination and perceptions of inferiority

  9. Text Check-in From pp. 700-716 If “civil disobedience” is a sit-in and “direct action” includes sit-ins but could also be a black family moving into a white neighborhood…. How did the Montgomery Bus Boycotts work? 1963

  10. Integration/Desegregation -Bussing -Changing schools -Whites move kids to private schools Obstacles -Local groups -Intimidation -Protests -News articles -the decision in Brown BEGINS the movement as large groups of people are provoked to action by disillusionment.

  11. What Happened… • NAACP enrolled students • Little Rock Nine • Arkansas Nat’l Guard • Eisenhower • Tortured Year • Other Consequential Events • 6/ 1958: Birmingham Church Bombing • 8/1958: Oklahoma City Sit-in Testing Brown v. Board: 1957

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