1. Civil Rights
Movement

2. Separate but Equal What does Separate but Equal mean?
Can society be separate AND equal?
What does separate mean?
What does equal mean?

3. Court Cases 1896 1954 Plessy Brown v. Board of Education v. Fergusson
Ruled that “separate but equal” was legal.
This became the law of the land for over 50 years!
Brown v. Board of Education
Ruled that “separate but equal” was illegal.
This desegregated the schools.

4. What were some effects of segregation?
There were separate schools and resources
There were separate public facilities
There was social isolation of the races

5. When did the Civil Rights Movement Begin?
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man
This started the Montgomery bus boycott

6. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
Believed in Passive Resistance.

7. Examples of passive resistance
Boycotts
Sit-ins
Marches

8. Freedom Rides Freedom Rides were in 1961.
Bus loads of white and black students traveled cross country
Their goal was to end discrimination at bus terminals
They meet with violence in many areas, but did not give up!

9. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination based on race, national origin, gender or religion illegal.
This one piece of legislation transformed American society.

10. Voting Rights Act of 1965
Made it illegal to require voting tests or poll taxes for voting rights.

11. Changing Role of Women Disadvantages in the workplace
Discrimination in hiring practices
Lower wages for women doing
the same job as men.
Improved Conditions
National Organization for Women N.O.W.
Federal legislation forced colleges to give
women equal athletic opportunities.
The Equal Rights Amendment
even though it failed, it opened many
opportunities for women.