1. Civil Rights Intro A Legal Background

2. Reconstruction Amendments

3. Passed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks

4. Reconstruction Amendments Passed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks 13 th : ended slavery

5. Reconstruction Amendments Passed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks 13 th : ended slavery 14 th : gave Blacks and Whites equal rights;

6. Reconstruction Amendments Passed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks 13 th : ended slavery 14 th : gave Blacks and Whites equal rights; did not allow states to limit Blacks’ rights

7. Reconstruction Amendments Passed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks 13 th : ended slavery 14 th : gave Blacks and Whites equal rights; did not allow states to limit Blacks’ rights Check your pocket Constitution– what’s the difference between the 5 th and 14 th Amendments?

8. Reconstruction Amendments Passed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks 13 th : ended slavery 14 th : gave Blacks and Whites equal rights; did not allow states to limit Blacks’ rights 15 th : gave Blacks the right to vote

9. Reconstruction Amendments Passed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks 13 th : ended slavery 14 th : gave Blacks and Whites equal rights; did not allow states to limit Blacks’ rights 15 th : gave Blacks the right to vote Check the wording. Who, exactly, received the right to vote?

10. Jim Crow Laws Despite the 14 th Amendment, many states passed laws to segregate the races

11. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

12. Homer Plessy sued, claiming that separating races on trains violates 14 th Amendment

13. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Homer Plessy sued, claiming that separating races on trains violates 14 th Amendment How do you think the Supreme Court ruled?

14. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Homer Plessy sued, claiming that separating races on trains violates 14 th Amendment Supreme Court ruled against him, saying that facilities could be “separate but equal” for the races

15. Constitutional!

17. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Homer Plessy sued, claiming that separating races on trains violates 14 th Amendment Supreme Court ruled against him, saying that facilities could be “separate but equal” for the races This decision makes Jim Crow laws constitutional in the eyes of the Court

19. Jim Crow Not a real person!

20. Jim Crow Not a real person!

21. Jim Crow Not a real person! The name comes from a character played by whites that ridiculed Blacks

22. Jim Crow Not a real person! The name comes from a character played by whites that ridiculed Blacks

23. Jim Crow Not a real person! The name comes from a character played by whites that ridiculed Blacks The name came to represent the legal system of discrimination against Blacks

24. Jim Crow Not a real person! The name comes from a character played by whites that ridiculed Blacks The name came to represent the legal system of discrimination against Blacks The Civil Rights Movement was the age of trying to undo “separate but equal” and Jim Crow