Civil Rights Movement Brynne, Gabe, Heba, Montana October 16, 2015
1950’s & Civil Rights Supreme Court African American Icons Struggle for Equality Equal Education
Jim Crow Laws “Black Codes” Plessy vs Ferguson (1896) Implied Laws
Brown v. Board of Education Public Schools to teach Black and White not only education
EmmETt till 1955 Chicago -> TN “Whistled” or “Bye Baby” Carolyn Bryant Iconic Funeral
Rosa Parks 02/04/ /24/2005 Civil Rights Activist
Segregation Refusal To Move For a WHITE Man ArresteD Law lifted
Back vs Front of Bus Bus Boycott $10 fine $4 fee
Martin Luther King Jr. Social Activist Minister 01/15/ /04/1968 Motivational Speaker
Racial Equality Help Plan boycott “I have a dream” Brothers
Effects of Civil Rights Movement
Protest less Discrimination/segregation Death Boycott
Sclc Aimed to advance civil rights cause in a nonviolent way.
Senator Strom Thurmond Helped compose Southern Manifesto. Known for 24-hour Filibuster 1957.
Southern Manifesto Signed by Opposed “Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka” landmark.
Southern mAnifesto Signed by 101 Congressmen. “ clear abuse of judicial power."
segregation in schools In opposition to African-Americans, whites burned their schools.
segregation in schools “Separate but equal”. Whites withdrew children from classes.
whites against blacks White people tried to discourage blacks. Used intimidation and violence.
Citations - Websites "Martin Luther King Jr." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 15 Oct "Rosa Parks." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 15 Oct