PPT-The Civil Rights Movement

The goal to obtain for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of US citizenship Jim Crow Laws In the South governments had passed segregation racial separation laws aka Jim Crow laws which permitted discrimination against Blacks . By . Sarah . Lyczkowski. Overview of the Police’s involvement during the CRM. The police had a big responsibility during the Civil Rights Movement. Many people wanted segregation and when it came to activists fighting for equality and leading marches, the police were the ones who responded to protests. Many of the police officers responded violently and used excessive force but some would try a nonviolent approach. Some policemen would arrest activists in order to avoid violence. . 4. In honor of Black history month-February 2013. Lesson Objective. Students will be able to . describe how their historical figure performed actions during the Civil Rights . Movement. . (circa 1950-1970).. Martin Luther King Jr.. It wasn't just that Martin Luther King became the leader of the civil rights movement that made him so extraordinary—it was the . way. in which he led the movement. King advocated civil disobedience, the non-violent resistance against unjust laws: "Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it." Civil rights activists organized demonstrations, marches, boycotts, strikes, and voter-registration drives, and refused to obey laws that they knew were wrong and unjust.. Litigation . (court cases – i.e. Brown v. Board of Ed.). Boycotts . (Montgomery Bus boycott after the arrest of Rosa Parks). Blacks walked and carpooled to work for over a year until they reversed the segregation laws on Public Buses.. Draw this chart in your notebooks. 24. th. Amendment. (1964). Civil Rights Act. of 1964. Voting Rights Act of 1965. 24. th. Amendment. Outlawed the poll tax. In several southern states there was still a poll tax meant to keep African Americans from voting. SSUSH21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States, 1945-1970. . b. . Describe the impact television has had on American culture; include the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon,1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement. . In 1954, the Civil Rights movement began with the Brown v BOE decision, but the rest of American society remained segregated:. The NAACP showed that the . 14. th. Amendment could be used to challenge segregation. Unit . 8. Many people / groups had fought for equal civil rights since the Civil War. Was never focal / lead issue. New and Fair Deal “urban” programs considered failures by end of 1950s. Public housing proved a grave disappointment in helping achieve equality. Rights . Feud . Civil Rights . Feud . Civil Rights Feud . . . . . Civil Rights Feud . . Civil Rights . Feud . Civil Rights Feud . . Civil Rights Feud . . . . Civil Rights. Q and A . The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. The “Civil Rights Movement” we know…. Montgomery Bus Boycott-1955. Montgomery Alabama. Rosa Parks, Dr. King. Lunch Counter Sit- Ins-1960. Challenging Segregation . The Sit-In Movement . In the fall of 1959, four African American college students at a . Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro, NC . sat at a “white’s only” counter and refused to leave until they were served.. Double Victory. Victory at home and abroad!. “This is a particularly good time to campaign against the evils of bigotry, prejudice, and race hatred because we have witnessed the defeat of enemies who tried to found a mastery of the world upon such cruel and fallacious policy.” –. v. Board of Education . (1954. ). Alive!. p. 574. Also . read p. 568. Plessy. v. Ferguson . (1896). p. . . 580-581. School Desegregation. What . is segregation?. . . Rosa Parks & Montgomery Bus Boycott. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WOMEN’S RIGHTS, NAACP TO THE 1960’S THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS The women’s rights movement in the 1800’s laid the foundation for minority rights. The Civil War Amendments (pushed for by Frederick Douglas) passed by Abe Lincoln were the cornerstones.