PPT-Civil Rights Movement

Part 1 Semester 2 Week 10 The start of Jim Crow laws The supreme court had declared segregation to be constitutional in Plessy v Ferguson in 1896 The ruling had established the SeparatebutEqual. 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).. Thesis!!. The murder Of Emmit Till had a significant impact on Civil Rights Movement.. The murder Of Emmit Till had a significant impact on Civil Rights Movement.. Reasons. The murder enraged Blacks in the north and south.. Salt March or . Dandi. March from . 12. th. March 1930 to 6. th. April 1930 . starting from . Sabarmati Ashram . to . Dandi. . on the Gujarat coast. In . Dandi. salt was made by the Indians from the sea by boiling the sea water.. The living constitution. Supreme court justice frankfurter. “It . is a fair summary of constitutional history that the landmarks of our liberties have often been forged in cases . involving not very nice people.”. 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.. 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. Ben C.. Horace Greeley High School. Ms. Pojer. American History, AP. Essential Question. What were the goals and tactics of the different leaders of the Civil Rights movement?. Jackie Robinson. . Born in Cairo, Georgia, in 1919.. 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.. chapter overview: after decades of discrimination,  African Americans begin a struggle for equality. they make gains against unfair laws in the south, but as movement reaches northern cities, gains are fewer. . - The goals were to:. desegregate schools, restaurants, buses and other public accommodations . to freely exercise the right to vote; . and to win protection against intimidation, harassment and violence — in general, to gain full and equal rights for African Americans. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.. Reason For Training: Ensures Civil Rights Are Protected . Ensures that program recipients are being treated without discrimination while participating in Child Nutrition Programs.