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Post WW2 Civil Rights US History
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Reconstruction Amendments 13th (1865) 14th (1868) 15th (1870)
Historical Context Reconstruction Amendments 13th (1865) 14th (1868) 15th (1870)
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Post Reconstruction South (1877-1960s) Jim Crow Laws
Historical Context Post Reconstruction South ( s) Jim Crow Laws Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Lynchings Poll Tax Literacy Test Sharecropping
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Reformers W.E.B. DuBois Booker T. Washington Marcus Garvey
Historical Context Reformers W.E.B. DuBois Booker T. Washington Marcus Garvey
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Harlem Renaissance (1920s) World War II Double V Campaign
Historical Context Movements Great Migration ( ) Harlem Renaissance (1920s) World War II Double V Campaign
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Desegregation of the military
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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954)
Segregation Before 1954: Red: Required Blue: Optional Yellow: No Rules Green: Prohibited
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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954)
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Earl Warren Thurgood Marshall (NAACP)
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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954)
Background: Oliver Brown wanted to send his daughter Linda to the neighborhood school but was unable to do so due to segregation laws. Legal Questions: Do Topeka’s segregation laws violate the equal protection clause in the 14th Amendment? Legal Decision: Yes (9-0) Impact: Separate is inherently unequal. Schools should be desegregated with “all deliberate speed.”
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Little Rock Crisis
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Rosa Parks & The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Martin Luther King Jr. & the SCLC
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Freedom Riders
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Freedom Riders
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Birmingham Campaign 1963
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Letter From a Birmingham Jail
“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that ‘an unjust law is no law at all’” "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”
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March on Washington (13:30- 16:00)
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 Outlawed all segregation in the United States. Prohibited discrimination (racial, gender or religious) in the workforce.
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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US (1964)
Background: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited segregation in public accommodations. The Heart of Atlanta Motel wanted to be able to choose its own customers. Legal Questions: Was the CRA of 1964 constitutional? Legal Decision: Yes (9-0) Impact: Legalizes the CRA of 1964 essentially ending legal segregation in the United States.
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Freedom Summer (Fannie Lou hamer) skip 1:10 to 2:35
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Selma March
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Selma March
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SELMA MARCH
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Selma March
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Selma March
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Selma March
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End to Voting Restrictions
24th Amendment (1964) Outlaws the Poll Tax for National Elections Voting Rights Act of 1965 Outlaws the Literacy Test Outlaws Poll Tax for Local/State Elections
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Alternative Approaches
MALCOLM X BLACK PANTHERS
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Urban Problems From the 1950s to the 1980s, suburban “white flight” and discriminatory housing policy left many inner cities predominantly African American/minority. These areas continue to face a number of problems: Poverty Substandard Housing Crime and Drugs Lack of Economic Opportunity Poor Schools Breakdown of Families
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Urban Problems
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Popular Culture Changes Attitudes
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President Obama
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