1. The Civil Rights Movement 1945-1975
Chapter 14
The Civil Rights Movement

2. Early Demands for Equality
Section 1

3. Objectives (View Abraham, Martin, and John)
Students will be able to:
Vocabulary
Define the two types of segregation and discuss the early successes of the Civil Rights Movement.
Discuss the significance of the Brown decision and describe reaction to the decision.
Describe the conflict in Little Rock, Arkansas, and define the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Describe the Montgomery bus boycott and discuss the roles of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
De jure segregation
De facto segregation
Jackie Robinson
CORE
Brown v. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall
Earl Warren
Little Rock Nine
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King, Jr.
SCLC
Objectives (View Abraham, Martin, and John)

4. View “Abraham, Martin, and John”
"Abraham, Martin & John" is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler and first recorded by Dion . It is a tribute to the memories of icons of social change, Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written as a response to the assassinations of King and the younger Kennedy in April and June 1968.

5. Why it Matters
What was the civil rights movement?

6. Segregation Divides America
What did African Americans have a long history of?

7. Jim Crow Laws Limit African Americans
What did Jim Crow laws enforce?
Define de jure segregation.
Give examples of areas in public life where segregation extended.

8. Segregation Prevails Around the Nation
Define de facto segregation.
Compared to whites, what did Black Americans have higher and lower rates of?

9. The Civil Rights Movement Grows
What set the stage for the modern civil rights movement?
What did James Farmer form?
Who was Jackie Robinson?
What did Truman order in 1948?

10. Brown v. Board of Education
During the 1950s, what branch of government did the NAACP turn to to attain its goals?

11. The NAACP Challenges Segregation
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
In the Sweatt v. Painter, what did the Supreme Court rule?

12. The Court Strikes Down Segregated Schools
In the Brown case, what concept did the NAACP challenge?
In Hernandez v. Texas, what did the Supreme Court end?

13. Reaction to Brown Why was the Brown decision so controversial?
What did Southerners have no intention of doing?
What organization staged a revival?

14. Federal and State Governments Clash
What did state and local governments resist?

15. A Conflict Erupts in Little Rock
How many kids and what did the crowd do?
How did President Eisenhower react?

16. Congress Passes a Civil Rights Law
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 establish?
What did it have the power to investigate?
What did it have greater power to protect?

17. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who was Rosa Parks and what did she refuse to give up?

18. Rosa Parks Launches a Movement
What did people organize in Montgomery and what did they refuse to do?

19. Martin Luther King Urges Nonviolence
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King and what did he urge?

20. Ministers Form the SCLC
What was the SCLC and what did it advocate?