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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. Objectives: Explain the major figures, movements and actions of the Civil Rights Movement in America. BR - Rachel Carson reading and chart. So. But. Who . Wanted. HW - june 2009 - 1-10. Intro - Review Case and decision of Plessy v Ferguson. 1. Jackie Robinson

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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

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  1. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Objectives: Explain the major figures, movements and actions of the Civil Rights Movement in America.
  2. BR - Rachel Carson reading and chart So But Who Wanted
  3. HW - june 2009 - 1-10
  4. Intro - Review Case and decision of Plessy v Ferguson
  5. 1. Jackie Robinson 2. NAACP Major league baseball player that broke the color barrier in the modern era used courts and boycotts to achieve equality 3. BROWN DECISION Linda Brown - had to travel to segregated school in Topeka, Kansas NAACP hires THURGOOD MARSHALL - argues that seg. laws violate 14th am. = protection clause - cause AA children psychological damage by lowering their self esteem SC decides that "seperate but = has no place in public education" and orders "integration with all deliberate speed" little immediate effect
  6. 4. Rosa Parks 5. MLK JR and Southern Christian Leadership Counference NAACP member - Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up seat on bus to white passenger arrested and found guilty appealed to SC below organize a boycott of buses - eco loss causes them to reverse discr. policy before SC decision does
  7. 6. Civil Disobedience 7. Passive Resistance refusal to obey unjust laws ex: sits in at lunch counters of Woolworth's in Greensboro, NC - SNCC non compliance to those in power ex: boycott of buses in Montgomery Alabama by AAs 8. Little Rock Crisis - 1957 Gov Faubus in Arkansas refuse to comply with integration National Guard sent into Central High School to "prevent riot" - instead white mob prevents LITTLE ROCK 9 from registering for school Eisenhower sends in the 101st Airborne to escort students in....
  8. 9. Freedom Riders 10. Civil Rights Act of 1957 - 1960- group that rode buses in DEEP SOUTH to try and desegregate interstate busing - met with VIOLENCE - eventually successful est commission to investigate racism in south and secure voting rights for AAs increased AA voting rights 11. James Meredith 12. Letter from a Birmingham Jail AA that tried to register at the U of MISS Governor barred his entry - riot broke out - 2 killed Kennedy sent in troops to help him register MLK jailed for leading nonviolent marches to protest the lack of integration he paralleled AAs struggle with early Christians and Gandhi in India 13. Medgar Evers 14. National Urban League (1963) - NAACP leader than was assassinated in his front yard by a member of the White Citizens' Council - man was not found guilty until 1994 Helped AAs find jobs in industry and aid Southern blacks moving North 15. SNCC
  9. 16. Black Power CORE 17. Nation of Islam - separatist movement that believed in militant activism civil rights group opposed to integration separatist religious organization 18. Malcolm X 19. Black Panthers leading figure in the Nation of Islam - assassinated after he promoted working together with white to end discrimination militant African American separatist group
  10. 19. Kerner Commission federal commission found that there were 2 Americas - 1 white and 1 black 20. Civil Rights Act of 1964 of 1968 created stiff penalties for those who practiced discrimination in voting or employment - withholds federal funding from schools or communities that practice discrimination Bans discrimination in rental units and real estate transactions
  11. 21. Voting Rights Act of 1965 1970 suspended literacy tests in some areas provides fed help to new voters ends all literacy tests and est 30 day residency requirement 22. Heart of Atlanta Hotel v US owner believed US gov could not regulate private local hotel refused to comply with desegregation mandates SC declared that Congress could regulate since he served individuals from other states - under the Interstate Commerce Clause 23. Affirmative Action Certain percentage of positions are set aside for minority populations ---QUOTAS 24. Reverse Discrimination majority population is denied a position due to Affirmative Action Bakke v. the Regents of the University of California argued that special admissions practices of Davis Medical College operated to exclude him on the basis of his race...a violation of the 14th amendments equal protection clause SC decision- quotas were not unconstitutional innately but if their practice was discriminatory then they were illegal - Bakke was admitted to their medical school 25. 24th Amendment prohibited poll taxes ADD BAKER v CARR (1962) - SC applied the 14th am. to equally sized election districts in TN where urban residents were under represented this violation necessitated the "one person one vote" reapportioning of election districts
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