What are Civil Rights? (p. 700 – 701) Chapter 21 & Chapter 23 sections 1 & 2 The Civil Rights Movement (1954 - 1969) & Impact on Other Minority Groups (1960s - 1970s) What are Civil Rights? (p. 700 – 701) A. rights of personal liberty guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and acts of Congress http://totallyhistory.com/list-of-27-amendments-to-the-u-s-constitution/

What are Civil Rights & how were African Americans being denied their Civil Rights?

Amendments denied to African Americans (primarily in South) 1. 14th Amendment - a. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) - (1). “separate but equal” (2). led to Jim Crow Laws / de jure segregation http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/themap/index.html 2. 15th Amendment - a. legally - poll tax, literacy test b. illegally – threats, physical violence http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/tools_voting.html  

What groups tried to gain Civil Rights for African Americans and how did they try to get them?

Civil Rights organizations (p. 702 – 707; 719 – 721)) A. used the court system 1. NAACP – Thurgood Marshall; Brown v. Board of Education (1954) B. used nonviolence; examples? 1. CORE – James Farmer 2. SCLC – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 3. SNCC – Ella Baker; student led (Diane Nash, John Lewis, etc.)

more militant Civil Rights organizations 1. North – de facto segregation & economic inequality 2. blacks separate from white society / armed self-defense a. Nation of Islam – Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X (changed) b. SNCC after 1965 – Stokely Carmichael / Black Power 3. political party / fight police brutality in ghettos a. Black Panthers – Huey Newton, Bobby Seale

What were some key events in the Civil Rights Movement?

Key events (p. 703- 722 & “Eyes on the Prize”) (Not listed chronologically on this slide!) Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination of Malcom X Bloody Sunday Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church Children’s March in Birmingham Creation of the Mississippi Freedom Democrat Party Freedom Riders Freedom Summer Investigation of the Kerner Commission Nashville sit-ins / march James Meredith / college Letter from a Birmingham Jail Little Rock / Little Rock Nine / high school March from Selma to Montgomery (2nd attempt / completed) March on Washington Montgomery Bus Boycott Murder of Emmett Till Murder of Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner Murder of Medgar Evers Ruby Bridges / first grade Sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina Watts Riot

Rubric for Civil Rights Timeline pick 9 of the key events from the previous slide put the events in order on your timeline (see next slide for link to timeline) each event should have the date and name of the event with a relevant picture on the front of the timeline & a more detailed description of the event that will show up on the back of the timeline when you print it out 18 pts. for the 9 events & 2 pts. for events being in chronological order; 20 pts. total

Link to Create Civil Rights Time Line http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/

What was impact of the Civil Rights Movement?

Impact (p. 714 - 716, 722 – 723, & 768 – 780) A. end of de jure segregation; de facto? B. Legislation 1. Civil Rights Act of 1964 2. Voting Rights Act of 1965 3. Civil Rights Act of 1968 4. affirmative action C. inspired other minority groups 1. Latinos a. equal opportunity & respect for culture b. César Chávez / United Farm Workers Organizing Committee

Native Americans a. more autonomy b. won land back or cash settlement

women a. equality b. Betty Friedan / The Feminine Mystique c. Gloria Steinem / Ms. Magazine http://www.msmagazine.com/ d. Roe v. Wade - e. Equal Rights Amendment / Phyllis Schlafly

Critical Thinking How do you see what we are studying now as a consequence of prior events & is there relevance to today?

Civil Rights Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_TrfgezgvE&list=RDEMR0WRzSwpkoLDMUWxfo8aeg&index=2