The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement Word of the day Jim Crow laws: local/state laws that enforced segregation in the South from Reconstruction until 1965 Warm Up: During the Civil Rights Movement, African- Americans fought for freedom and equality. What group(s) of people today fight the same kind of struggle?

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3. Emmett Till 1. MLK, I have a dream speech 2. Brown v. Board of Education 4. Betty Freidan 5. Rosa Parks

6. Little Rock Crisis 7. Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 8. Freedom Rides 1961 9. Jackie Robinson 10. Cesar Chavez

13th Amendment   Abolished Slavery   Congress can pass laws to enforce this amendment Positive Outcome:   Slaves are no longer the property of any other person Negative Outcome: The KKK is formed to intimidate newly freed slaves  

All former slaves are now citizens of the United States What examples of Jim Crow laws do you know? 14th Amendment   All former slaves are now citizens of the United States   They are to be treated the same as other citizens Positive Outcome:   Former slaves constitutionally became citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they resided Negative Outcome: -Southern states enacted Jim Crow lows to separate the races  

People cannot be denied the right to vote because of race 15th Amendment   People cannot be denied the right to vote because of race Positive Outcome:   African American males were now legally allowed to vote Negative Outcome: Southern states still found ways to keep citizens from voting.   Which group of people did not gain the right to vote?   In what ways did the South keep blacks from voting?

Life in the South Jim Crow laws, beginning in the 1880s, segregated all aspects of Southern life- theaters, railroad cars, schools, even public restrooms. The Supreme Court gave its stamp of approval to Jim Crow in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which held that separate facilities for African Americans and whites were constitutional as long as the facilities were equal. With whites holding political power in the South, the system never even approximated equality. Schools for African Americans were particularly bad. Most states did not have colleges for African Americans, and they provided few high schools. On your blank map, shade in the states who were required to have segregation

Life in the South Brainstorm   In what ways did segregation affect life for minorities? Public accommodations Schools Housing Marriage The Work Place Politics

Using the cartoon to the right, what can you infer about the reality of “separate but equal?”

NAACP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed in 1909 by W.E.B. Dubois

How do you think America reacted to this? Baseball Integration Jackie Robinson   In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American baseball player to cross the “color line” and join the major leagues. How do you think America reacted to this?