1. Unit VIII
Civil Rights

2. Essential Questions
What motivates racism, discrimination, segregation and hate? Why do some people fear change?
What are the pros and cons of the differing methods that can be used to create change? (Civil disobedience, militant resistance)
What role does the media (television, music, and propaganda) play in facilitating change?
How can the solution to one problem also be a cause of the next problem?

3. Bell Work
List the 5 most important problems in America 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

4. Civil Rights Movement

5. The Civil Rights Movement
Segregation: The enforced separation of racial groups in schooling, housing, and other public areas
Racism: The idea that one race is superior to others, and that race determines a person’s character or ability
Discrimination: Denial of rights because of one’s race, religion, age, sex, or other quality
Civil Rights: Political, economic, and social rights of each citizen – specifically those guaranteed by the Constitution

6. Emmett Till
BW. Why was Emmett Till important to the Civil Rights Movement?

7. Civil Rights in the Supreme Ct
(-) Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
African Americans (slave or free) are not US citizens
(-) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Racial segregation (railroads) is constitutional
Black & White accommodations can be “separate but equal”
(+) Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
Restrictive or segregated housing is not constitutional
(+) *Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Ends ‘Separate but equal’ doctrine
No guidelines to ENFORCE decision
A slow beginning to the end of segregation

8. The Constitution 1860’s: Post Civil War Amendments (p.96-103)
13th Amendments: Banned Slavery
14th Amendment: Right to Citizenship (All races)
15th Amendment: Right to Vote (All races)
Racists found ways to avoid enforcement

9. Writing
A) Why do certain people choose to discriminate against other groups?
B) What motivates racism, discrimination, segregation and hate? Why do some people fear change?

10. 21-1 Quiz Where did the harshest and discrimination occur? (region)
Supreme Court case (1896) that declared that ‘Separate but Equal’ accommodations for Blacks & Whites was OK (Constitutional)
Supreme Court case (1954) that declared that ‘Separate but Equal’ accommodations for Blacks & Whites was Illegal (Unconstitutional)
Name of the Alabama preacher who promoted using “soul force” to gain Civil Rights
What were two forms of non-violent protest used by SNCC and SCLC?

11. Non-Violent Resistance
Non-violent resistance / Civil Disobedience
Carry out peaceful demonstrations
Never fight with authority or opposition
Sit-ins & Boycotts
Shows that whites NEED blacks

12. Non-Violent Resistance
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Montgomery Bus Boycott (MLK): Af-Am. Rosa Parks jailed for refusing to give up seat
Birmingham, AL: Young protesters being attacked by dogs gets International TV Attention
‘Bloody Sunday’: march from Selma to Montgomery, AL
Police beat and tear-gassed the marchers near Selma
Led to Voting Rights Act of 1965 / Banning literacy tests

13. Bellwork
What were the various types of discrimination that occurred in the Deep South during the 1960’s.

14. Separatism & Militants
Malcolm X: Advocate for Black Muslims / Nation of Islam
Stokley Carmichael: Black power
Huey Newton: Black Panthers

15. MLK v. X Martin Luther King Malcolm X Goal Integration Equality
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Goal
Integration
Equality
Separatism
Methods
Civil Disobedience
Non-violence
Negotiation
Intimidation
Eye for an Eye
Results / Legacy
Civil Rights legislation
MLK Memorial (2006)
Misinterpreted, controversial
Bad image for Islam

16. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

17. Malcolm X

18. X/John Brown

19. X v. MLK

20. Bell Work
Type II: How does civil disobedience differ from insurgency? 5 lines
*INSURGENT – revolt against civil authority or a government in power; rebellious.
*INSURGENCY – rebellion.
*CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE – refusal to adhere to a law which you feel is unjust/unfair.

21. The Power of Words
Martin Luther King Jr.

22. The Power of Words
Malcolm X

23. JFK – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The Power of Words
JFK – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

24. Lyndon B. Johnson

25. War Protest
The Vietnam War
The War in Iraq

26. Bell Work
Type I: Why do the peaceful leaders become targets of violence? (5 lines)
Answer on your notes

27. The Price of Change: Assassinations
1963
1965
1968
1968

28. MLK – April 4th, 1968

29. Type I
Were assassinations effective ways to prevent change? (5 lines)

30. MLK: ‘I have been to the mountain top’
Well, I don't know what will happen now; we've got some difficult days ahead.
But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop.
And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life-longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over , and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.
And so I'm happy tonight; I'm not worried about anything; I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

31. Review Quiz
Environmentalism became a major social issue starting in what year?
What are two forms of non-violent protest?
What was Martin Luther King’s goal?
Name one leader that promoted separatism.
Which leader said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what YOU can do for your country”
What was the name of Lyndon Johnson’s plan to improve American Society?

32. Review Quiz
Government programs and quotas that intend to equalized job and education opportunities are called what?
What were Americans who SUPPORTED the war in Vietnam called?
Besides JFK, name TWO leaders who were assassinated in the 1960’s
Besides Lee Harvey Oswald, name one person or group that could have been responsible for JFK’s assassination

33. 24 Hour News

34. Bell Work
Type II: Who was more effective in the civil rights movement, MLK or Malcolm X? Give examples.
5 lines

35. BW
BW- What are some of the events that made the 1960’s interesting?