1. The Civil Rights Movement
An Introduction

2. The Long Movement What are civil rights?
Slavery was abolished following the Civil War. Why did discrimination against African Americans still persist?
The Long Movement

3. Reconstruction Amendments
Read the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
(pp , green)
Whose rights are expanded? How?
These do not resolve the issue of societal prejudice.

4. Jim Crow Laws
Examples…
Pool and Billiard Rooms:  It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other at any game of pool or billiards.
Children Playing: It shall be unlawful for negro and white children to play together whether in public or private.

5. What was the issue in Plessy v. Ferguson?
LA law required rail companies to separate the races
Court’s justification…
-separate but equal
-the segregation of cars does not conflict with the 13th Amend.
-14th Amendment cannot be seen to abolish differences between races.
-Separate facilities for the races are appropriate and legal as long as they are equal.

6. Life for African Americans
Review the following Eras (green Americans)
Gilded Age: Pp
Progressive Era: Pp
World War I: Pp
1920s: Pp
WWII: Pp
What evidence was there of discrimination?
Were there advances made toward equality? Explain.
Life for African Americans

7. Integration = Confrontation
What happened in the 55 years after the Plessy decision?
Dr. & Mrs Clark's Doll Tests…..
Integration = Confrontation

8. What problems resulted in the case?
Brown v. Board
What problems resulted in the case?
Explain “separate but equal”.
What events had occurred between and related to race relations?
Decision:
-separate is NOT equal
-effects of segregation
-feelings of inferiority
-separation of races increases animosity and suspicion
-separate education facilities perpetuates discrimination and perceptions of inferiority

9. Text Check-in
From pp
If “civil disobedience” is a sit-in and “direct action” includes sit-ins but could also be a black family moving into a white neighborhood….
How did the Montgomery Bus Boycotts work?
1963

10. Integration/ Desegregation
-Bussing
-Changing schools
-Whites move kids to private schools
Obstacles
-Local groups
-Intimidation
-Protests
-News articles
-the decision in Brown BEGINS the movement as large groups of people are provoked to action by disillusionment.

11. Testing Brown v. Board: 1957 What Happened… Other Consequential Events
NAACP enrolled students
Little Rock Nine
Arkansas Nat’l Guard
Eisenhower
Tortured Year
Other Consequential Events
6/ 1958: Birmingham Church Bombing
8/1958: Oklahoma City Sit-in
Testing Brown v. Board: 1957