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The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement. Chapter 21. Slavery Jim Crow Laws = racial segregation (1870s – 1880s – Post Reconstruction) Plessy v. Ferguson = “separate but equal” doctrine (1896). Racial Etiquette – belittled & humilated (1870s – 1950s) Never shake hands Yield sidewalk to whites

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The Civil Rights Movement

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  1. The Civil Rights Movement Chapter 21

  2. Slavery Jim Crow Laws = racial segregation (1870s – 1880s – Post Reconstruction) Plessy v. Ferguson = “separate but equal” doctrine (1896) Racial Etiquette – belittled & humilated (1870s – 1950s) Never shake hands Yield sidewalk to whites Remove hats when talking to whites Violence Lynched, shot or burned w/o trial Past Discrimination

  3. Movement ShapesDuring & After WWII • New job opps. ‘cuz labor short. in war industries • FDR prohibited discrim. engaged in war indust. - 1944 • A.A. soldiers use war spirit to fight for own rights • Organize activities in local churches *** • Desegregation of military – 1945 • Jackie Robinson – 1st A.A. MLB Player - 1947

  4. Brown Starts the Movement • Montgomery Bus Boycott • Rosa Parks refused to give up seat in colored section of bus to white man • NAACP organized bus boycott & elected Pastor MLK, Jr. to lead – Dec. 1955 • Lasted 381 days • Outcome: S.C. banned bus segregation - 1956

  5. MLK: “Soul Force” Leader • Tactic: Nonviolent resistance • Peaceful refusal to obey unjust laws • Based on teaching of Gandhi, Jesus & Henry David Thoreau • Formed Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) – 1957 • Protests & demonstrations in South to activate movement

  6. States: Mixed Reaction to Brown • Some expected to end segreg. w/o trouble • Some “total resistance” • “a flagrant abuse of judicial power [by Supreme Court]” - Gov. of Georgia • KKK re-emerged • Pres. Eisenhower refused to enforce Brown decision – 1955 • Claimed it was a states right issue

  7. Violent Reaction to Brown • 1955 – Emmett Till • 14 yr old. Chicago boy viciously beaten & murdered in XXX after being accused of whistling @ a white woman in a grocery mart • 1957 – Little Rock 9 • 1960 – Ruby Bridges • White angry crowd threw tomatoes & eggs as she walked to integrate school; Outcome: armed marshals had to escort her • SCLC & MLK – violence will not detract them from nonviolent tactics

  8. Little Rock 9 - 1957 • Arkansas gov. refused to enforce seg. • Ordered Nat. Guard to prevent 9 A.A. students (volunteered to integrate Central H.S.) from entering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodolEmUg2g

  9. Cont. • Nation watched on t.v. • Eisenhower forced to act • “States can’t ignore S.C. rulings at will” • Sent in 101st Airborne Division • Fed. troops escorted “the 9” to classes • Civil Rights Act of 1957 • Fed. gov. has power over school deseg. & A.A. voting rights

  10. SUMMARIZE & Highlight • Recap what you have learned about the beginning and early events of the Civil Rights Movement • Highlight slide titles, key terms, key people, key events, outcomes, etc.

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