APUSH: Civil Rights Movement
Essential Questions Who were the individuals and groups that had an impact on the civil rights movement? What approaches and methods were used in attempting to advance the civil rights movement? What was the impact of Brown vs. the Board of Education and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on the Civil Rights movement?
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 do? Outlawed segregation in all public facilities in the United States Was this law followed in the South?
Jim Crow Laws “Separate but equal” Emmitt Till Jackie Robinson NAACP Thurgood Marshall Rosa Parks Martin Luther King, Jr. March on Washington Earl Warren Brown Case Orval Faubus Little Rock Central HS SCLC SNCC “sit ins” Freedom Riders Medgar Evers
How did the Supreme Court rule in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case? The court upheld Louisiana's “separate but equal” segregation laws Basically legalizes segregation in 1896
In what three ways did WW II help set the stage for the Civil Rights movement? Opened up job opportunities for African Americans in the U.S. Black soldiers returning home ready to fight for increased freedom & an end to discrimination Civil rights groups campaign for equal rights during the war A. Philip Randolph
Brown vs. the Board of Education Who argued the Brown case? Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP What did the Brown ruling declare? Segregation is unconstitutional and illegal Brown overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson Thurgood Marshall
What organization was formed to support Rosa Parks? The Montgomery Improvement Association What did this organization do? Organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks
How did President Eisenhower respond to the Little Rock Crisis? Placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control and sent in troops to force the integration of Little Rock Central High School
SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference Who was its president? Martin Luther King, Jr. What was the SCLC’s purpose? Carry out non-violent protests and to crusade against racism
SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee What did SNCC accomplish? Desegregated lunch counters in the south through sit ins
Freedom Summer 1964 What was the goal of the Freedom Summer Project? 1. Register African American Voters across the south 2. Elect pro civil rights politicians to the gov’t Who volunteered to help? College students and SNCC staff – Freedom Riders
Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, and sex
Voting Rights Act of 1965 “We shall overcome” What did this accomplish? Outlawed literacy tests and poll taxes Allowed federal gov’t to take over state elections Only 10% of southern blacks voted in 1964 60% of southern blacks voted in 1968
Black Power Malcolm X Stokely Carmichael