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Civil Rights Movement Brynne, Gabe, Heba, Montana October 16, 2015
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1950’s & Civil Rights Supreme Court African American Icons Struggle for Equality Equal Education
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Jim Crow Laws “Black Codes” Plessy vs Ferguson (1896) Implied Laws
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Brown v. Board of Education Public Schools to teach Black and White not only education
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EmmETt till 1955 Chicago -> TN “Whistled” or “Bye Baby” Carolyn Bryant Iconic Funeral
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Rosa Parks 02/04/1913-10/24/2005 Civil Rights Activist
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Segregation Refusal To Move For a WHITE Man ArresteD Law lifted
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Back vs Front of Bus Bus Boycott $10 fine $4 fee
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Martin Luther King Jr. Social Activist Minister 01/15/1929-04/04/1968 Motivational Speaker
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Racial Equality Help Plan boycott “I have a dream” Brothers
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Effects of Civil Rights Movement
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Protest less Discrimination/segregation Death Boycott
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Sclc Aimed to advance civil rights cause in a nonviolent way.
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Senator Strom Thurmond Helped compose Southern Manifesto. Known for 24-hour Filibuster 1957.
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Southern Manifesto Signed by 1956. Opposed “Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka” landmark.
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Southern mAnifesto Signed by 101 Congressmen. “ clear abuse of judicial power."
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segregation in schools In opposition to African-Americans, whites burned their schools.
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segregation in schools “Separate but equal”. Whites withdrew children from classes.
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whites against blacks White people tried to discourage blacks. Used intimidation and violence.
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Citations - Websites http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/timelines/a/50sCVTimeline.htm http://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-Southern-Manifesto-of-1956/ http://www.biography.com/people/strom-thurmond-9507157 "Martin Luther King Jr." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2015. "Rosa Parks." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2015.
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