1. African Americans and the Progressive Movement

2. Post Civil War Slaves were granted full citizenship and rights. What gave ex-slaves these rights? 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendment

3. Right to Vote People did not like A.A. voting Tried to stop them from voting Question: How did they stop A.A. from voting? Literacy Tests Poll Taxes Grandfather Clause

4. Ku Klux Klan Believed in white supremacy and anti- immigration Used terror as a means to intimidate

5. Ku Klux Klan Klan came and went over the past 150 yrs. Every time A.A. began to get rights KKK would come back. 1 st wave – late 1800’s 2 nd wave – 1920’s 3 rd wave – 1950’s

8. Racism Racism – treating someone differently because of the color of their skin

9. Restrictions of Freedom D.W. Griffith’s film Birth of a Nation

10. Jim Crow’s creation Plessy v. Ferguson – created separate but equal Segregation – separating the races Schools, neighborhoods, waiting rooms, public facilities

13. Life after Sharecropping Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute Believed African Americans needed to gain skills to offer America William Du Bois and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Believed AA needed to be given equal rights

14. Other Responses Marcus Garvey Back to Africa Movement Garveyism inspired later movements A. Philip Randolph Fought to end segregation during and after WWII Leader in March on Washington

15. Bell work - Question If you were mistreated in the south what might you do?

16. Great Migration The “Great Migration” African Americans flocking to the north to gain factory jobs

18. Harlem Renaissance African American voice in the Arts Jazz – Louis Armstrong Writers focusing on the lives and struggles of African Americans Langston Hughes

19. Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement What event began the movement?

20. Change Must Happen NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Thurgood Marshall - lawyer and leader Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka, KS Got rid of separate but equal Linda Brown – little girl who had to travel across town to go to school

22. Emmett Till Was on vacation in Mississippi Walked into a store Talked to a white lady She took offense

23. Emmett Till Lady told her husband (owner of store) Went to kids relatives house Kidnapped Emmett

24. Emmett Till Emmett was beat by the men. He then mentioned his white girlfriend in Chicago Men decided to shoot Emmett

25. Emmett Till Men wanted to hide body Tide a 70 lb. cotton gin fan to him and dumped him into the river.

29. End Result Men were found and put on trial Lawyer was able to get men off by saying that the body was not recognizable. How do we know it was Emmett? It did not hurt that the men were white.

30. Watch Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QX NyCvDP4

31. Montgomery Bus Boycott - 1955 Rosa Parks – wouldn’t give up her seat to a white man Kicked off bus and arrested Bus Boycott – refuse to use Alternative methods of transportation Question: what other ways could people get around town if they didn’t have a bus?

32. Bus Boycott Martin Luther King Jr. – little known preacher, leader, “non-violence” 381 days later the bus company gave in

38. Moving Toward Equality Integration – bringing the races together Central High School – Little Rock, AR, 1957 National Guard Ordered to STOP integration Eisenhower ordered integration University of Alabama – 1963 Gov. George Wallace stood in the doorway to stop Af. American students Question: why do you think these students wanted to go to these schools so bad?

42. Opinion Why do you think that some people chose non-violence in the civil rights movement and others chose violence? Which do you think is the better choice? Why?

43. Protests Sit-ins – protest by sitting down Civil Disobedience – not obeying laws you feel are unjust Freedom Riders – patrol bus system Question: if you wanted to make real change in a law, rule or policy, how would you protest it? March on Washington MLK – “I have a dream…” 250,000 people

46. Violence Erupts Riots – protest turned Violent Watts 1965, Detroit 1967, others Police Brutality – violence against citizens by law enforcement officers Malcolm X – Nation of Islam Stokely Carmichael – “Black Power” Black Panthers – Oakland, CA To protect the Af. American Community

54. Sad Truth MLK – assassinated outside hotel in Memphis, TN by James Earl Ray Malcolm X – assassinated by one of his followers

58. More Progress Civil Rights Act 1964 Voting Rights Act 1965 Civil Rights Act 1968 Activity: Summarize what these laws did using your textbook. Affirmative Action – making special efforts to hire and enroll members of groups who have been discriminated against.