1. The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Word of the day
Jim Crow laws: local/state laws that enforced segregation in the South from Reconstruction until 1965
Warm Up:
During the Civil Rights Movement, African- Americans fought for freedom and equality. What group(s) of people today fight the same kind of struggle?

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4. 3. Emmett Till
1. MLK, I have a dream speech
2. Brown v. Board of Education
4. Betty Freidan
5. Rosa Parks

5. 6. Little Rock Crisis
7. Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
8. Freedom Rides 1961
9. Jackie Robinson
10. Cesar Chavez

6. 13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery
Congress can pass laws to enforce this amendment
Positive Outcome:
Slaves are no longer the property of any other person
Negative Outcome:
The KKK is formed to intimidate newly freed slaves

7. All former slaves are now citizens of the United States
What examples of Jim Crow laws do you know?
14th Amendment
All former slaves are now citizens of the United States
They are to be treated the same as other citizens
Positive Outcome:
Former slaves constitutionally became citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they resided
Negative Outcome:
-Southern states enacted Jim Crow lows to separate the races

8. People cannot be denied the right to vote because of race
15th Amendment
People cannot be denied the right to vote because of race
Positive Outcome:
African American males were now legally allowed to vote
Negative Outcome:
Southern states still found ways to keep citizens from voting.
Which group of people did not gain the right to vote?
In what ways did the South keep blacks from voting?

9. Life in the South
Jim Crow laws, beginning in the 1880s, segregated all aspects of Southern life- theaters, railroad cars, schools, even public restrooms. The Supreme Court gave its stamp of approval to Jim Crow in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which held that separate facilities for African Americans and whites were constitutional as long as the facilities were equal. With whites holding political power in the South, the system never even approximated equality. Schools for African Americans were particularly bad. Most states did not have colleges for African Americans, and they provided few high schools.
On your blank map, shade in the states who were required to have segregation

10. Life in the South Brainstorm
In what ways did segregation affect life for minorities?
Public accommodations
Schools
Housing
Marriage
The Work Place
Politics

11. Using the cartoon to the right, what can you infer about the reality of “separate but equal?”

12. NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed in 1909 by W.E.B. Dubois

13. How do you think America reacted to this?
Baseball Integration
Jackie Robinson
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American baseball player to cross the “color line” and join the major leagues.
How do you think America reacted to this?