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Chp 21.1

Chp 21.1. Taking on Segragation. What rights are worth fighting for?. Quickwrite. Are all Americans entitled to the same civil rights? How are liberty and equality jeopardized when one or more groups of people are denied rights enjoyed by others?

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Chp 21.1

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  1. Chp 21.1 Taking on Segragation

  2. What rights are worth fighting for? Quickwrite • Are all Americans entitled to the same civil rights? How are liberty and equality jeopardized when one or more groups of people are denied rights enjoyed by others? • What are the risks of demanding rights? What causes would you fight for when potential violence is involved? • Why might some people fight against equal rights? Some African-American leaders preached the virtues of separatism. Why do you think this was so?

  3. Q – (701) What were the effects of the Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson? A – Since the court ruled that segregation was not unconstitutional, many states, especially in the South, passed segregationist Jim Crow laws. The Segregation System

  4. Q – (702) How did events during World War II lay the groundwork for African Americans to fight for civil rights in the 1950s? A – Blacks had experienced better job opportunities Many veterans who had fought racist Germans wanted to resist racist Americans Civil rights groups had staged some successful protests A Developing Civil Rights Movement

  5. Q – (703) How did the Brown decision affect schools outside of Topeka? A – Brown said that segregation has no place in public education, so all public schools must desegregate. Challenging Segregation in Court

  6. Q – (703) Why weren’t schools in all regions desegregated immediately after the Brown II decision? A – Some Southern whites and state officials resisted segregation, and neither the president nor Congress forced them to act quickly. Reaction to the Brown Decision

  7. Q – (704) What effect do you think television coverage of the Little Rock incident had on the nation? A – Television allowed people to see the white separatists’ cruel treatment of the African-American students. Crisis in Little Rock

  8. Q – (705) Why was Rosa Parks' action on December 1, 1955, significant? A – Parks' refusal to yield her seat to a white man led to a citywide bus boycott It also brought Martin Luther King, Jr., to prominence. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

  9. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

  10. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

  11. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

  12. Q – (705) What were the central points of Dr. King’s philosophy? A – “Soul force,” or nonviolent resistance, which included acts of civil disobedience, demonstrations, and adherence to nonviolence. Martin Luther King

  13. Q – (706) What was the SCLC? What was the role of the SCLC? A – Southern Christian Leadership Conference It organized protests and demonstrations to promote civil rights. Its purpose was “to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship.” SCLC

  14. Civil Rights Movement up to 1960 Supreme Court Decisions Organizations NAACP SCLC SNCC CORE • Morgan v. Virginia • Sweatt v. Painter • Brown v. Board of Education Challenging Segregation Leaders Tactics • Thurgood Marshall • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Ella Baker • Jo Ann Gibson Robinson Nonviolent resistance Legal action

  15. Civil Rights Movement up to 1960 Thurgood Marshall Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ella Baker Jo Ann Gibson Robinson

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