1. Civil Rights Movement
Civil rights: right to vote, right to equal treatment, right to speak out

2. Civil War Fought against slavery At end of Civil War:
13th Amendment: slavery illegal
14th Amendment: equal protection
15th Amendment: rights to citizens, regardless of race

3. Jim Crow Laws
State laws that enforced racial segregation in all public facilities in the Southern United States.
Issued after Reconstruction.
Enforced until 1965
(Hmmm… what do you notice about that date???)
“Separate but equal” … I don’t think so!

4. Jim Crow Laws
BrainPop: Jim Crow Laws

5. Life in 1950s
Segregation: separation of people with different races or ethnic backgrounds
Segregation in…
Schools
Buses
Bathrooms
Restaurants

6. Effects?
What do you think were some effects of segregation in the South?

7. Brown v. Board of Education
Segregation of schools
Education wasn’t as good at the segregated schools
Linda Brown, a 3rd grader, lived in Topeka, Kansas
Case went to Supreme
Court
Desegregation was ordered in all public schools.

8. Brown v. Board of Education
BrainPop: Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka

9. Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks, a 42 year old woman, just finished working at a department store
She paid her fare, and sat down in the “black section” of the bus
After the “white only” section filled, she was ordered to give her seat to a white person…and she refused
She was arrested, and people were so upset, they boycotted the buses for over a year!

10. Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead the boycott
Non-violent
It worked!
In 1956, The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal.

11. That’s all for today!!!

12. March on Washington Wanted support for a new bill to end segregation.
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave “I Have a Dream” speech

13. March on Washington
“Civil Rights Movement: March on Washington” (Safari)

14. Gains and Losses
Civil Rights Act of 1964– banned segregation in schools, workplaces, and public places such as restaurants and theaters
Voting Rights Act in 1965—made it illegal to prevent or hinder citizens from voting because of their racial or ethnic background
(no poll taxes, no literacy tests)

15. Gains and Losses (cont’d.)
Sadly, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in 1968
MLK Jr’s work encouraged Mexican American and Women’s groups to fight for equal rights as well

16. That’s all for today!!!

17. Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Lawyer and 1st African-American Supreme Court Justice
Lawyer in the Brown v. Board of Education case
Became judge and then nominated for Supreme Court by President Johnson

18. Who was Rosa Parks? Seamstress turned Civil Rights activist
Started the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Won the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

19. Who was MLK Jr.?
Civil Rights leader famous for “I Have a Dream” speech
Led Montgomery Bus Boycott
Organized March on Washington
Helped pass the Civil Rights Act
Assassinated on April 4, 1968 on the balcony of his hotel.

20. Who were the presidents during the Civil Rights movement?
John F. Kennedy ( )
Helped create the Civil Rights Bill
Assassinated on November 22, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson took over.
Signed the bill into law on July 2, 1964.

21. Who was Cesar Chavez?
Civil Rights leader who founded the National Farm Workers Association
Influenced by MLK Jr
Wanted to help migrant field workers in California who worked long hours with poor working conditions
Used peaceful protests to strike against grape farmers

22. That’s all for today!!!