1. U.S. History Monday: April 20th
BELLRINGER: How did the 1896 Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson influence segregation?
Refer to the map in your text on p.909.
How many U.S. states outlawed segregation in public schools? How many states permitted segregation in schools?
TODAY I CAN: Identify the Causes of the Civil Rights Movement; explain the role of racial violence in spurring change.

2. Plessey v. Ferguson (1896) Is Segregation constitutional?
Supreme Court Decision about segregation
Supreme Court decides Segregation is Legal.
THIS IS IN CONTRAST OF THE 14th Amendment
14th Amendment: No State shall deny citizens EQUAL PROTECTION under the law.
The Court Says… “…Just because something is separate doesn’t mean it is not equal…”

3. Map on Page 909

4. Jim Crow Laws Segregate EVERYTHING in the South!!!
Schools, Drinking Fountain, Restaurants, Busses, Bathrooms, etc.

5. Causes of the Civil Rights Movement
Role of WWII
700,000 African Americans fought against the Axis Powers and helped the Allies win the war

6. Causes of the Civil Rights Movement
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
an organization dedicated to the practice of nonviolent protest
James Farmer, organized the first sit-in at a segregated restaurant in Chicago, 1942
PEACEFUL

7. Causes of the Civil Rights Movement (continued)
Violence Against African Americans
Lynching
Murder of Emmett Till, 1955
Northern Boy visiting the South
Allegedly “talked fresh” to a white girl

8. Emmett Till’s Corpse in Open Casket

9. Brown v. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall, lawyer for the NAACP addressed segregated education in 4 states (KA, SC, VA, DE)
Struck down segregation in schools
Argument
Black and white schools not equal
9 year old Linda Brown had to walk 21 blocks to “all black” school when an “all white” school was only 4 blocks away
Beginning of the End of Jim Crow laws

10. Voter Discrimination in the South
Black Voters Experienced:
Poll Taxes
Literacy Tests
Discrimination at the polls

11. Emmett Till’s Story
“Awakenings” segment from the Eyes on the Prize television series (10:30–25:00)

12. TOMORROW Review impact of Emmett Till
Brown v. Board of Education – Review
Brown v. Board (10 years later) Assignment
Little Rock Nine – overview
Little Rock None Video Clip
CH 28.1 Cornell Notes (if time)
Mr. Lindquist