The Civil Rights Movement

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The Civil Rights Movement Background: 250 years of slavery Civil War and Reconstruction (13th, 14th and 15th Amendments) Jim Crow segregation “Separate but Equal” (Plessy v Ferguson) Poll taxes and literacy tests

The following graph gives the number of lynchings and racially-motivated murders...

The Civil Rights Movement Slow Progress in the Early Twentieth Century Booker T. Washington W.E.B/ DuBois The Niagara Movement - The NAACP

The Modern Civil Rights Movement 1945 - End of World War II 1948 - Truman Integrated the Military 1954 - The Supreme Court Integrated the Public Schools 1955 - The Movement Begins…

What was the situation in 1955? Segregation was still legal in public facilities, jobs and housing. Poll taxes, literacy tests and other means were still used to prevent voting. Fear, terror and the Klan were still prevalent.

Goals? Equal Opportunity Integration Maintaining a separate identity Economic Equality

Methods? Organizations Raising Awareness Civil Disobedience Violent Confrontations

Leaders? Martin Luther King Malcolm X The most effective?

Who Participated? African Americans Native Americans Hispanics Women The Handicapped Homosexuals

Success? Civil Rights Legislation Decline of Prejudice New Roles and Opportunities

REPORT CARD ON EQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES (2003): Life expectancy of a black child 1978 -5 years shorter Today - Six years shorter Risk of a black woman dying during childbirth 1978 - Three times as likely Today - 3-1/2 times as likely Infant mortality rate for blacks 1978 - Twice that of whites Today - Slightly more than twice Black families below the poverty line 1978 - Four times the number of white families Today – Unchanged Unemployment rate for black adults 1978 - Twice that of whites Income of a black family 1978 - 60 percent of a white family's Today - 66 percent

Remaining Issues? Persistence of Economic Inequality Persistence of Prejudice (Gays and Lesbians?) Controversial Remedies (Affirmative Action, Bussing Programs…)