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Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Movement. 1896 Jim Crow, separate but equal 1909 NAACP 1954 Brown vs. Board of Ed, integration 1955 Emmett Till murdered 1955-1957 Rosa Parks, bus boycott 1957 Little Rock 9-forced integration WWII>1959 equal on warfront, not home 1960, 1964 Civil Rights Acts.

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Civil Rights Movement

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  1. Civil Rights Movement • 1896 Jim Crow, separate but equal • 1909 NAACP • 1954 Brown vs. Board of Ed, integration • 1955 Emmett Till murdered • 1955-1957 Rosa Parks, bus boycott • 1957 Little Rock 9-forced integration • WWII>1959 equal on warfront, not home • 1960, 1964 Civil Rights Acts

  2. Civil Rights Leaders • 1881 Booker T Washington (improve self, education) • 1909 WEB Dubois (black activism) • 1920 Marcus Garvey (back to Africa) • 1947 Jackie Robinson • 1955 Emmett Till, Rosa Parks • Later Malcolm X, MLK Jr.

  3. Text Comparisons • 1937 OMM, Great Depression 1930’s, CA • 1960 TKAM, Depression 1930’s, AL • 2007 Great Debaters, 1935, Texas • 1957 Raisin in the Sun, late 1950’s, Chicago

  4. Lorraine Hansberry • 1930-1965 • Grew up Chicago’s South Side • First black woman playwright to be performed on Broadway • Sent to segregated public school, parents politically active, challenged discrimination

  5. Lorraine Hansberry • Her family-moved into a white neighborhood, took case to Supreme Court • Attended U of WI • Became writer in NYC • Died of cancer at 34 • Wrote “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”

  6. Raisin in the Sun • Book version 1957 • Debuted on Broadway in 1959 (Play) Films: • Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee B&W 1961 • Musical 1973 • Danny Glover, Esther Rolle 1989 • P.Diddy Combs, P Rashad 2008

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