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Civil Rights

Civil Rights. “ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. Warm-Up:

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Civil Rights

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  1. Civil Rights

  2. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” Warm-Up: Our country was founded on the words above—what do they mean to you TODAY? How has their meaning changed over time?

  3. 1957: Little Rock Nine in Arkansas

  4. 1961-1963: Lunch Counter Sit-ins

  5. Freedom Rides 1961

  6. September 1961: ICC enforces desegregation of public transportation

  7. 1963:Centennial of Emancipation Proclamation

  8. June 1963: Kennedy sends civil rights bill to congress seekingequal access to public accommodations

  9. August 1963: March on Washington

  10. September 1963: 16th St. Baptist Church bombings in Birmingham: Four young girls dead

  11. Civil Rights Act 1964-Prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender. It gave all citizens the right to enter libraries, restaurants, theaters, and public accommodations.

  12. 1964: Freedom Summer:Campaign by SNCC to register black voters in the South

  13. June 1964: three civil rights volunteers murdered by KKK

  14. 1965: Selma Campaign: MLK and the SCLC join SNCC in a voter drive in Selma, Alabama

  15. Civil Rights Act of 1965: eliminated literacy tests and allowed federal examiners to enroll voters.

  16. Copy these on a separate sheet of paper—leave room to answer:1)How does Malcom X feel about Dr. King’s philosophy? Why? 2)How did Malcom X’s philosophy change?3)What does he want for blacks?

  17. February 1965: Malcom X assassinated by Black Muslims

  18. On yours sheet of paper answer the following questions after reading the article: 1) Why are the Watts Riots considered a turning point in the Civil Rights movement?2)Why did some people consider the Riots a good thing? 3) Why did others consider them a setback? 4)Based on the article, what do you think and why?

  19. August 1965 Watts Riot

  20. 1965-1967: Riots in more than 100 cities

  21. June 1966: Stokely Carmichaeland “Black Power”“This is the twenty-seventh time I have been arrested and I ain't going to jail no more! The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin' us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin' now is Black Power!"

  22. October 1966: Black Panther Party founded -Militant -Socialist

  23. Black Panther Party • What We Want Now!(1966) • We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community. • We want full employment for our people. • We want an end to the robbery by the white men of our Black Community. • We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings. • We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society. • We want all Black men to be exempt from military service. • We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of Black people. • We want freedom for all Black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails. • We want all Black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their Black Communities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States. • We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.

  24. Fold you paper into fourths and label four columns: • Equality has been achieved • Significant Progress has been made • No progress has been made • Attitudes towards race today • Evaluate each statistic as a group and decide which column it belongs in. • Each person write a sentence in the appropriate column summarizing what that statistic says. • After you complete looking at those statistics, individually answer the questions I pass out to you. Civil Rights: Then and Now

  25. Answer the following questions in complete sentences and individually on a separate sheet of paper: 1. Overall, what was the impact of the civil rights movement? Cite specific evidence from your chart2. Overall, consider the evidence from your poster. Was the civil rights movement a success? Why or why not? Defend your answer? 3. What are some contributions or legacies from the Civil Rights movement which cannot necessarily be measured by statistics?4. What is the most urgent need for Civil Rights today?

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