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Create a caption which describes each picture. (Imagine these images were in a newspaper, what would it say underneath them?)

2. Seeds of the Civil Rights Revolution

3. Background 14th Amendment 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
13th abolished slavery (1865)
15th gave blacks the right to vote (1870)
14th Amendment
Established “equal protection under the law” for all citizens born in the U.S. (1868)

4. Civil Rights Act 1875
Congress passed law saying “all men are equal under the law”
Penalties for denying patronage (business) on basis of race
Inns, theatres, restaurants
1883 Supreme Court rules act unconstitutional
Applied only to government, not private citizens

5. Plessy v. Ferguson -Homer Plessy, a “partial” black man from Louisiana
-Challenged constitutionality of segregated railroad coaches
-Because provided “equal” services, it did not violate 14th Amendment
-“Separate but equal” became constitutional basis for segregation

6. Jim Crow Laws Discrimination and segregation became the norm
Became known as Jim Crow Laws
Legally separated water fountains, restrooms, restaurants, public transportation, and more
It was mostly in the South but also in the North

7. WWII paved the way for more civil rights movements
Soldiers created a labor shortage (African Americans filled the void)
700,000 African Americans served in military
Needed them to fight—ended discrimination
Once home, they were determined to fight for own freedom
Civil rights organizations fought to get rid of discrimination and Jim Crow laws

8. NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909)
Started to stop lynching and help blacks get voting rights
By 1930s wanted full integration
Led by Thurgood Marshall
Young black lawyer
Fought several major cases