1. How did the position of African Americans go from this... To this?

2. Civil Rights in America C aim – to explain the turning points in the development of Civil Rights in America B aim – to explain how Civil Rights have developed in America through turning points and key figures A/A* aim – to assess how far Civil Rights really developed in America Today’s lesson – content of 100 years of Civil Rights in America from 1880 to 1980 Thursday’s lesson – preparation for writing your preparatory coursework Summer holidays – write your preparatory coursework – this is due in on your first lesson with Mr Abbott. He needs to take them in and assess them quickly to work out your current levels in essay writing and source analysis so that he can teach you the actual coursework on Vietnam tailored to you so that you can gain the best mark you possibly can in your coursework.

3. Civil Rights in America C aim – to explain the turning points in the development of Civil Rights in America B aim – to explain how Civil Rights have developed in America through turning points and key figures A/A* aim – to assess how far Civil Rights really developed in America Background American Civil War 1861-1865 13th Amendment officially ends slavery 1865 Reconstruction 1867 Black Codes Memphis riots 1866, New Orleans Sharecropping Laws vs. Reaction KKK Education, churches Key points – C – Turning point? B – Have Civil Rights developed through a Turning Point? Have they developed through a key figure? A – How far have Civil Rights really developed? Miss Dennis

4. 1880-1914 Lynching Racism in the North and South 1887-1891 – Jim Crow Laws 1896 – a court case found the Jim Crow Laws unconstitutional Vote Education Jazz Urbanisation Atlanta Compromise, 1895, signed by a Civil Rights leader Booker Washington said that if Southern blacks could work, get basic educational and economic opportunities, they would submit to white rule Du Bois – wanted full Civil Rights immediately through an African-American intellectual elite. Protested against lynching, Jim Crow and discimination and against ccolonisalism. Socialist. NAACP Key points – C – Turning point? B – Have Civil Rights developed through a Turning Point? Have they developed through a key figure? A – How far have Civil Rights really developed? Miss Dennis

5. WWI Used it to ask for democracy Some argued shouldn’t join in the war effort Segregated armed forces Further urbanisation to work in munitions factories in the North. Gained voting rights. Experienced less racist societies Welcomed back as heroes Chicago Race Riots. Returning white soldiers felt that black Africans had taken their jobs and there was a riot in 1919. Key points – C – Turning point? B – Have Civil Rights developed through a Turning Point? Have they developed through a key figure? A – How far have Civil Rights really developed? Pair Work

6. 1920s - period of great prosperity in America and the 1930s a period of great poverty Black farmers and agricultural labourers suffered in the 1920s as despite it being a period of great prosperity this was mainly in industry and the cities – agriculture suffered from overproduction and not being able to obtain good enough prices for the goods that they had grown KKK and lynchings – there was a second wave of these Black Americans suffered the most during the Great Depression The New Deal which was supposed to help matters by making job creation schemes which Roosevelt (the new president) introduced were racist Evicted off the land from the New Deal Marcus Garvey – in the 1920s he tried to get African Americans to move back to Africa, to Liberia. However, it failed. He wanted unity of African Americans and fought for better education, less poverty and more independence. He thought the communists would only help white people. He wanted black people to rule themselves. He was a predecessor to the black power movement. Key points – C – Turning point? B – Have Civil Rights developed through a Turning Point? Have they developed through a key figure? A – How far have Civil Rights really developed? Pair Work

7. WWII There was segregation in the army Double V campaign – this was a campaign where African Americans wanted ‘victory abroad and victory at home’ – trying to argue that they wanted more rights at home as well They experienced less racist societies abroad It felt hypocritical to fight the Nazis with their racist policies yet they were experiencing racism at home A. Philip Randolph 1941 – suggested a march on Washington by thousands of black people to challenge the employment policies of the federal government – only 10% of defence contractors would employ black people. President Roosevelt agreed to make concessions and the march was abandoned. Black people were employed in aircraft factories for the first time. In the North people were still racist but there was less segregation and white and black Americans were much more likely to interact Detroit Race Riots 1943 – huge increase in population due to booming defence industries, racial tensions, riots broke out after a white sailor’s girlfriend was insulted by a black man CORE founded – congress of racial equality – 1942. Non violence Pair Work Key points – C – Turning point? B – Have Civil Rights developed through a Turning Point? Have they developed through a key figure? A – How far have Civil Rights really developed?

8. 1950s and 1960s Not in the post-war boom Montgomery Bus Boycott Brown vs. Topeka Little Rock Sit ins Freedom Rides James Meredith Birmingham (bombing of church) Washington Selma – Bloody Sunday Freedom Summer Riots SCLC, SNCC King, Rosa Parks Kennedy and Johnson 1964 Civil Rights Act, 1965 Voting Rights Act, 1967 Supreme Court Ruling on Marriages, 1968 Civil Rights Act Miss Dennis Key points – C – Turning point? B – Have Civil Rights developed through a Turning Point? Have they developed through a key figure? A – How far have Civil Rights really developed?

9. Radicalisation of the Civil Rights movement Stokely Carmichael becomes leader of the SNCC Black power Malcolm X Riots 1965-1967 LA Riots 1965 Black Panthers Miss Dennis Key points – C – Turning point? B – Have Civil Rights developed through a Turning Point? Have they developed through a key figure? A – How far have Civil Rights really developed?

10. Nixon Bussing – Berkley and then dropped into Nixon Increased in political participation and remained economically weak Miss Dennis Key points – C – Turning point? B – Have Civil Rights developed through a Turning Point? Have they developed through a key figure? A – How far have Civil Rights really developed?

11. C – What were the top three turning points in the development of Civil Rights in America? Explain your answer. B – How have Civil Rights developed in America? Where are the main turnings points and key figures? A/A* - How far did Civil Rights develop in America by 1918,1945 and 1980? Civil Rights in America C aim – to explain the turning points in the development of Civil Rights in America B aim – to explain how Civil Rights have developed in America through turning points and key figures A/A* aim – to assess how far Civil Rights really developed in America