What’s going on in the photo?
Always a tricky issue due to Southern Opposition Civil Rights started with “Jim Crow” laws Laws encouraged “separate but equal”
Civil Rights - the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality Where are these rights guaranteed?
NAACP National Assoc. Advancement of Colored People Founded in 1909 by W.E.B. Dubois Fought for equality
NAACP fought in the courts Thurgood Marshall was hired by the NAACP to argue in the Supreme Court against school segregation. He eventually becomes the 1 st Black Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
Brown vs. Board of Education 1954
“We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does...We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Brown II Ruling Must integrate “with all deliberate speed” Which high school was famously the site of forced integration?
Little Rock High School!
Little Rock 9 Group of 9 who attended Little Rock and challenged segregation Guarded by Eisenhower who sent in 101st Airborne
Governor Orville Faubus attempted to block integration using the national guard
Pair up with a partner. You’ll have time at each station to read or analyze the document/photo/etc. As you move around the room, answer the questions by filling in the graphic organizer. When completed, write one paragraph regarding how well you feel the ideals of the civil rights movement follow the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. Are these rights guaranteed today?
On this date in history!
Those impatient about the speed of implementation of laws sought to challenge them on another front. Do you think people have the right to disobey laws? Which ones? Why/Why not?
Montgomery Bus Boycotts Mayor still enforced segregated buses after Brown ruling Rosa Parks - What’s the story you know? sparked Bus Boycott, which was led by Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bus boycotts led to outlaw of bus segregation in ’56 King advocated change through nonviolent means - “soul force” led to creation of Southern Christian Leadership Council
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