THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT The Roots of the Civil Rights Movement.
Civil Rights Movement
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Civil Rights Movement
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Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court decision: segregated schools are unequal & must desegregateInclude Virginia case
Davis et al. v. County School Board of Prince William County, VA et al.Argued by Spotswood W. Robinson III along with Marshall on re-argumentDefended by J. Lindsay Almond Jr. AG of VA and T. Justin Moore
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Key People
Thurgood Marshall – NAACP Legal Defense Team
Oliver Hill – NAACP Legal Defense Team in Virginia
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Virginia Response
Massive Resistance—closing some schoolsEstablishment of private academiesWhite flight from urban school systems
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Emmett Till
• 1954 – Chicago boy, went to visit relative in Money, Mississippi
• After saying something to a white store clerk, he was kidnapped and brutally killed
• Open casket funeral led to massive attention towards Civil Rights
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Emmett Till
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Emmett Till
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• The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1956)– Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white
man– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calls for a boycott of the
bus system• African Americans boycott the buses for 381
days
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Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956
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Little Rock Nine (1957)
• Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas was integrating
• Students were often spit on, humiliated, treated harshly
• President Eisenhower sent national guard to protect students throughout year
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Sit-ins Challenge Segregation (1960s)
• Four college students in Greensboro, North Carolina challenge segregation in restaurants
• They ‘sit-in’ a white-only restaurant and face discrimination, harassment, arrest
• Sit-ins begin to take place throughout south
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• The Freedom Rides (1960-62)– Designed to test whether or not southern states
would obey new anti-segregation laws– Riders are greeted with violence– Three freedom riders are murdered in Alabama;
KKK (1961)
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Freedom Rides, Map
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Freedom Rides
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1963 March on WashingtonParticipants were inspired by the “I have a dream” speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr.Helped influence public opinion to support civil rights legislationDemonstrated the power of non-violent, mass protest
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March on Washington
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Civil Rights Act of 1964Prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, & genderDesegregated public accommodationsPresident Lyndon Johnson played an important role in passing the act
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16th Street Church bombing
• 1964; four little girls die in bombing• Some of the criminals not convicted until
2000s• Birmingham was a city that experienced great
violence during movement
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Voting Rights Act of 1965Outlawed literacy testsFederal registrars were sent to the South to register votersResults in an increase of African American votersPresident Lyndon Johnson played important role in passing the act
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Voting Rights Act
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Organization challenged segregation in the courts
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Road to Civil Rights Poster
Create a poster with at least 5 people from the Civil Rights movement, and descriptions for each personAlso include at least 5 events from the movement, and descriptions.
Finally, add 5 pictures depicting the Civil Rights movement.