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Civil Rights Movement

May 6, 2014 Aim: How did the Civil Rights movement gain social and political momentum from 1948-1968 ? Do Now: Brainstorm a list of things you already know about the Civil Rights movement. Civil Rights Movement. Riots. The Civil Rights Movement. 2 Phases to the Civil Rights Movement:

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Civil Rights Movement

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  1. May 6, 2014Aim: How did the Civil Rights movement gain social and political momentum from 1948-1968?Do Now: Brainstorm a list of things you already know about the Civil Rights movement. Civil Rights Movement

  2. Riots The Civil Rights Movement • 2 Phases to the Civil Rights Movement: • 1945-1965 • Post-1965

  3. The Battle in the Courts • Plessy v Ferguson (1896) • “Separate but equal” facilities = legal. • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) • Chief Justice Earl Warren • Desegregation in schools

  4. Eisenhower Years • First Civil Rights Act passed since the Civil War (1957 & 1960) • Little Rock Central High School • “Little Rock Nine.” • Governor’s opposition to integration. • Eisenhower sends federal troops to enforce.

  5. Into the Buses • December 1955 – the arrest of Rosa Parks • Martin Luther King, Jr. • “Montgomery” model for civil rights activism: boycott, publicity, courts. • 1957 - SCLC formed

  6. A Mass Movement Takes Shape • Lunch counter “sit-ins” begin. • 1960 – SNCC (Snick) created.

  7. A Mass Movement Takes Shape (cont’d) • 1963 - Birmingham, AL: Fire hoses, canine units used to break up a demonstration.

  8. August 1963: MLK & March on Washington “I Have a Dream” speech John F. Kennedy starts to campaign for Civil Rights

  9. JFK & Johnson on Civil Rights • 1962: integration of “Ole Miss” • James Meredith • JFK pushes for better enforcement of Civil Rights laws. • 24th Amendment: Ended poll taxes. • Voting Rights Act (1965)

  10. In your own words, list the most important idea from today’s lesson.

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