Civil Rights Background

Civil Rights

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Civil Rights Background

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Pop Quiz!
When was the Civil Rights Movement?

Civil Rights refer to:

a. 1920s
b. 1939-1945
c. 1870s
d. 1950s-1970s

a. Freedom of religion
b. Freedom of speech
c. Voter equality
d. All of the above

Who of the following were leaders

in the Civil Rights Movement?
a. Martin Luther King
b. Malcolm X
c. Jesse Jackson
d. Rosa Parks

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Words or Phrases to Clarify

Due Process- your legal rights (attorney,
trial, innocent until proven guilty, etc.)

Jim Crow Laws- laws in southern states

that made segregation legal as long as
things were "separate, but equal."

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Circle the "Deep South" of America.

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Brown vs. Board of Education- 1954

Ruled that separate but equal did not exist
Called for the integration of all public schools
In 1956, 61% of northerners and 15% of southern
whites believe white and black students should attend
the same schools
Many governors state they will not allow integrated
schools, but the president overturns them.

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Ruby Bridges- 1960

First African American child to attend all white school in Louisiana.
Was 6 years old when she went to school.
Parents of white children pulled their kids out of school and many
teachers refused to teach with an African American student
enrolled.
One woman threatened to poison Ruby and another sent a black
doll in a coffin to the school.
President Eisenhower sent Federal Marshals to escort Ruby to and
from school every day.
Ruby's father lost his job, her grandparents lost their land and the
local grocery store refused to sell the Bridges food.

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March on Washington- August, 1963

JFK Assassinated- November, 1963
Voting Rights Act- 1965
MLK Assassinated- 1968

Watsons Go To Birmingham- 1963

Circle MLK and JFK