Civil Rights

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Civil Rights
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Civil Rights

• Rights belonging to an
• individual by virtue of his or her status as a
  citizen.

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Goals of the Civil Rights Movement
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Goals of the Civil Rights Movement

• Freedom of public usage.

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Goals of the Civil Rights Movement

• Freedom of public usage.
• Right to vote.

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Goals of the Civil Rights Movement

• Freedom of public usage.
• Right to vote.
• Fairness in jobs and housing.

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Goals of the Civil Rights Movement

• Freedom of public usage.
• Right to vote.
• Fairness in jobs and housing.
• How were these things kept
• from black citizens?

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Jim Crow Laws
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Jim Crow Laws

• Laws that kept blacks separate from white
  society

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Jim Crow Laws

• Laws that kept blacks separate from white
  society
• Segregation

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Jim Crow Laws

• Laws that kept blacks separate from white
  society
• Segregation
• Literacy tests

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Jim Crow Laws

• Laws that kept blacks separate from white
  society
• Segregation
• Literacy tests
• Poll taxes

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Jim Crow Laws

• Laws that kept blacks separate from white
  society
• Segregation
• Literacy tests
• Poll taxes
• Discrimination

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Jim Crow Laws

• Laws that kept blacks separate from white
  society
• Segregation
• Literacy tests
• Poll taxes
• Discrimination
• All supported by Plessy v. Ferguson

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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Plessy v. Ferguson

• 1896

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Plessy v. Ferguson

• 1896
• Supreme Court ruled that facilities could be
  separate as long as they were equal.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

• 1896
• Supreme Court ruled that facilities could be
  separate as long as they were equal.
• Separate but equal doctrine ruled the south.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

• 1896
• Supreme Court ruled that facilities could be
  separate as long as they were equal.
• Separate but equal doctrine ruled the south.
• BUT

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Brown v. Board of Education
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Brown v. Board of Education

• 1954

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Brown v. Board of Education

• 1954
• Supreme Court ruled that separate facilities are
  inherently unequal.

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Brown v. Board of Education

• 1954
• Supreme Court ruled that separate facilities are
  inherently unequal.
• Desegregation of schools was ordered.

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Brown v. Board of Education
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Brown v. Board of Education

• The decision affected 12 million school children
  in 21 states.

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Brown v. Board of Education

• The decision affected 12 million school children
  in 21 states.
• Desegregation had many opponents

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Brown v. Board of Education

• The decision affected 12 million school children
  in 21 states.
• Desegregation had many opponents
• Mississippi and Georgia vowed total resistance to
  desegregation.

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Emmett Till
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Emmett Till

• 1955

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Emmett Till

• 1955
• Young man from Chicago visiting his cousin in
  Mississippi.

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Emmett Till

• 1955
• Young man from Chicago visiting his cousin in
  Mississippi.
• Says Bye Baby to a white woman.
• (next slide is graphic)

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Emmett Till

• 1955
• Young man from Chicago visiting his cousin in
  Mississippi.
• Says Bye Baby to a white woman.
• Is disfigured and killed by white men.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Rosa Parks refuses to sit in the back of the bus.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Rosa Parks refuses to sit in the back of the bus.
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a
  nonviolent boycott of Montgomery buses for 381
  days.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Rosa Parks refuses to sit in the back of the bus.
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a
  nonviolent boycott of Montgomery buses for 381
  days.
• Civil Rights Act of 1957

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Little Rock Nine
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Little Rock Nine

• Arkansas had begun to plan for desegregation
  before the Brown decision.

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Little Rock Nine

• Arkansas had begun to plan for desegregation
  before the Brown decision.
• Gov. Orval Faubus, in a tight election, chose the
  side of the segregationists.

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Little Rock Nine

• Arkansas had begun to plan for desegregation
  before the Brown decision.
• Gov. Orval Faubus, in a tight election, chose the
  side of the segregationists.
• Faubus uses the Arkansas National Guard to keep
  the nine out of school.

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The Violence Starts
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The Violence Starts

• Medgar Evers counseled James Meredith through the
  integration of Ole Miss

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The Violence Starts

• Medgar Evers counseled James Meredith through the
  integration of Ole Miss
• Field director for the NAACP in Mississippi.

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The Violence Starts

• Medgar Evers counseled James Meredith through the
  integration of Ole Miss
• Field director for the NAACP in Mississippi.
• Assassinated in 1963 on the doorstep of his home.

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(1963) On to Birmingham
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On to Birmingham

• Birmingham was called Bombingham because of the
  tendency for the KKK in Alabama to use bombs
  against civil rights workers.

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On to Birmingham

• Birmingham was called Bombingham because of the
  tendency for the KKK in Alabama to use bombs
  against civil rights workers.
• King and the SCLC was invited to help desegregate
  Birmingham.

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On to Birmingham

• Birmingham was called Bombingham because of the
  tendency for the KKK in Alabama to use bombs
  against civil rights workers.
• King and the SCLC was invited to help desegregate
  Birmingham.
• King was arrested and hundreds of children were
  attacked by the police.

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March on Washington
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March on Washington

• 250,000 people marched on Washington in support
  of the civil rights bill brought to Congress by
  Kennedy.

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March on Washington

• 250,000 people marched on Washington in support
  of the civil rights bill brought to Congress by
  Kennedy.
• Completely peaceful.

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I have a dream
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I have a dream

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his most famous
  speech in Washington.

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I have a dream

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his most famous
  speech in Washington.
• Calling for equality because it was right and
  deserved.

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2 Weeks Later
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2 Weeks Later

• Four young girls are killed in a bombing at the
  Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.

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2 Weeks Later

• Four young girls are killed in a bombing at the
  Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham,
  AL.
• Bombing was in reaction to the March on
  Washington.

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Freedom Summer - 1964
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Freedom Summer - 1964

• Goal Register African Americans to vote!

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Freedom Summer - 1964

• Goal Register African Americans to vote!
• Voting drives all over the South.

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Freedom Summer - 1964

• Goal Register African Americans to vote!
• Voting drives all over the South.
• Three Civil Rights workers go missing in
  Mississippi.

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Freedom Summer - 1964

• Goal Register African Americans to vote!
• Voting drives all over the South.
• Three Civil Rights workers go missing in
  Mississippi.
• James Chaney
• Andrew Goodman
• Michael Schwerner

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1965
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1965

• Freedom Summer continues

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1965

• Freedom Summer continues
• Selma, Alabama

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1965

• Freedom Summer continues
• Selma, Alabama
• Viola Liuzzo, a housewife from New York, is ran
  off the road and shot to death.

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1965

• Freedom Summer continues
• Selma, Alabama
• Viola Liuzzo, a housewife from New York, is ran
  off the road and shot to death.
• Rioting in the Inner-cities

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1965

• Freedom Summer continues
• Selma, Alabama
• Viola Liuzzo, a housewife from New York, is ran
  off the road and shot to death.
• Rioting in the Inner-cities
• Watts, LA
• 34 dead

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1965

• Freedom Summer continues
• Selma, Alabama
• Viola Liuzzo, a housewife from New York, is ran
  off the road and shot to death.
• Rioting in the Inner-cities
• Watts, LA
• 34 dead
• Malcolm X is assassinated

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1965

• Freedom Summer continues
• Selma, Alabama
• Viola Liuzzo, a housewife from New York, is ran
  off the road and shot to death.
• Rioting in the Inner-cities
• Watts, LA
• 34 dead
• Malcolm X is assassinated
• Leader of Black Separatism
• Black Muslim

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1968

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated
• James Earl Ray convicted of his assassination ten
  years later.

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Causes of the Civil Rights Movement
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Causes of the Civil Rights Movement

• Black Urbanization

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Causes of the Civil Rights Movement

• Black Urbanization
• Religious Faith

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Causes of the Civil Rights Movement

• Black Urbanization
• Religious Faith
• Demand for Constitutional Rights

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Causes of the Civil Rights Movement

• Black Urbanization
• Religious Faith
• Demand for Constitutional Rights
• Greater Media Coverage of Protests

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Causes of the Civil Rights Movement

• Black Urbanization
• Religious Faith
• Demand for Constitutional Rights
• Greater Media Coverage of Protests
• Success of African Independence Movements

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How were those causes?
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How were those causes?

• Get into groups (chosen by the teacher)

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How were those causes?

• Get into groups (chosen by the teacher)
• Get assigned cause.

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How were those causes?

• Get into groups (chosen by the teacher)
• Get assigned cause.
• Determine how each of these were causes of the
  Civil Rights Movement.

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How were those causes?

• Get into groups (chosen by the teacher)
• Get assigned cause.
• Determine how each of these were causes of the
  Civil Rights Movement.
• Choose a speaker.

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Effects of the Civil Rights Movement
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Effects of the Civil Rights Movement

• Elimination of Legal Segregation

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Effects of the Civil Rights Movement

• Elimination of Legal Segregation
• Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1964, and 1968

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Effects of the Civil Rights Movement

• Elimination of Legal Segregation
• Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1964, and 1968
• Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Effects of the Civil Rights Movement

• Elimination of Legal Segregation
• Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1964, and 1968
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Creation of Affirmative Action Programs

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Effects of the Civil Rights Movement

• Elimination of Legal Segregation
• Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1964, and 1968
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Creation of Affirmative Action Programs
• Example to other minority groups.