1. Teaching the Civil Rights Movement Using Primary Sources July 19, 2012

2. Many average citizens participated in the struggles and the successes of the movement. The Civil Rights Movement has a long history and is ongoing today. Not just a February topic. African American freedom struggle part of the American story. Teaching the Movement

3. Teaching the concepts Stereotyping Prejudice Discrimination - Race, gender, disability, etc. Segregation Violence Dr. Seuss, Sneetches

4. Slavery & the Freedom Struggle

5. Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857 - African Americans are not citizens. - Slavery is protected, as the right to property is protected by the 5 th Amendment. - Congress cannot ban slavery. Dred Scott

6. After the Civil War… 13th Amendment: abolishes slavery 14th Amendment 15th Amendment: right to vote for African American males Equal Protection Clause All persons are equal in the eyes of the law.

7. By 1870s - Black Codes in South “It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other in any game of cards or dice, dominoes or checkers.” —Birmingham, Alabama Poll tax receipt, Alabama

8. Racial Segregation More than 400 laws passed between 1865-1967. Passed in both the North and South, but more common in the South. “Separate but equal” affected all aspects of life after. In Plessy v. Ferguson case, Supreme Court gives the thumbs up to “separate but equal.”

9. The Origins of Jim Crow

11. Separate but Equal… The Moton High School The Farmville High School

12. Separate but Equal…

13. Challenging Jim Crow… Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 1954 Ruby Bridges Linda Brown

14. Challenging Jim Crow after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Activities: Thinking bubbles Enter the picture Target, Perpetrator, Upstander, Bystander

15. Why did Rosa Parks take a stand? Sourcing Contextualizing Reading closely and looking for details Corroborating multiple sources Booking Photo 12/1/1955

16. Sourcing (using S.O.A.P.) What do we know about the source? What is the occasion? Who is the audience? What is purpose of the document? This seating diagram was an exhibit in the Parks v. City of Montgomery trial, Affidavit, February, 1956

17. Context Montgomery City Code, Sections 10 and 11

18. Close Reading English Professor at Alabama State Became President of the Women’s Political Council (WPC) Was once humiliated on the bus. Wrote letter to Mayor. Jo Ann Robinson

19. Corroborating City of Montgomery police report, Rosa Parks, December 1, 1955

20. Detective Work What happened after Rosa Parks took a stand for more rights?