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A Dark Past…

Civil Rights Movement. A Dark Past…. A history of slavery. Slavery has been recorded as far back as historical records exist; across all cultures Columbian Exchange 1492 Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Slavery a part of our founding Thomas Jefferson – owned slaves

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A Dark Past…

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  1. Civil Rights Movement A Dark Past…

  2. A history of slavery • Slavery has been recorded as far back as historical records exist; across all cultures • Columbian Exchange 1492 • Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade • Slavery a part of our founding • Thomas Jefferson – owned slaves • “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. “

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  4. Racism > Laws • 13th Amendment - abolished slavery (1865) • 14th Amendment – citizenship & equal protection(1868) • 15th Amendment – black men vote (1869) • Minor v. Happersett(1875) – states choice • Jim Crow laws • Poll Taxes, Literacy tests

  5. “separate but equal”… • 1875 Congress passed Civil Rights Act outlawing segregation in public facilities • Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) • Supreme court upheld “equal but separate accommodations” for different racial groups on railroads • More Jim Crow Laws followed • Separate schools, waiting rooms, public facilities

  6. “De Jure” – Legal discrimination • Civil Rights Movement didn’t start with Rosa Parks • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 • A history of failed attempts…

  7. 700,000 blacks served in segregated military in WWII • African American soldiers influenced Roosevelt – ban on racial discrimination in defense industries (1941) • Fighting for freedom? • Truman – desegregated armed forces (1948)

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