Civil Rights: Civil Rights are the rights a country guarantees its citizens. In the early 1950’s many
places were segregated. In 1954, Thurgood Marshall brought the case of Brown vs. Topeka Board of
Education to the U.S. Supreme Court. They argued that Linda Brown went to a segregated school and
was not getting the same education as white students. Linda Brown won the court case and
desegregation was ordered in all public schools. Another incident that occurred was the Montgomery
Bus Boycott. In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a crowded bus and was arrested.
The African Americans boycotted the buses and this boycott was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in
Montgomery, Al. In 1956 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. also led the March on Washington in 1963 where he gave his famous “I have a dream
speech”. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed. This banned segregation in schools, workplaces
and public places such as restaurants and theaters. In 1965 the Voting Rights Act was passed that
prevented discrimination for any person while voting. In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was
assassinated.
Amendments to know for the Test:
13th Amendment- slavery was declared illegal
14th Amendment- no limit on the rights of citizens (Includes African-americans)
15th Amendment- gave all men the right to vote
19th Amendment- gave women the right to vote
23rd Amendment- this allows people who live in Washington D.C. the opportunity to vote for President.
24th Amendment- this made it illegal to charge a tax to people who were voting.
26th Amendment- everyone 18 years or older had the right to vote.
• Intro:
• https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/45729473-8967-4ED3B6F8-A0A54FDDCB90?hasLocalHost=false
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• What was the civil rights process?
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• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/11D76D42-B950-4246907A-2B541E38766D?hasLocalHost=false
SS5H8 I will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments
between 1950-1975.
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement
are the rights that countries guarantee their citizens.
• Right to vote
• Right to equal treatment
• Right to speak out (SS textbook p. 406)
African-Americans and whites could not use the same water fountains, restrooms, restaurants,
Segregation
or schools
In Topeka, Kansas, Linda Brown sued the BOE. She was going to a segregated school and was not
Brown v.
getting the same education as white students. Thurgood Marshall brought the case to the
Board of
US Supreme Court. The court decided that segregation was illegal. Desegregation was ordered
Education (1954) for all schools. (SS textbook p. 407)
Civil Rights
Desegregation
EQ
African-Americans and whites could use the same schools (Desegregation = Integration)
Analyze and draw conclusions about how Linda Brown and Thurgood Marshall impacted
education?
• NAACP
• https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/491A8D13-F95E-4F488444-E9CA278643FE?hasLocalHost=false
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• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/66F2FE72-9F06-4EA48A85-FB506CA4501E?hasLocalHost=false
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• the March on Washington
• https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/5544680F-2497-4F078EA0-5B64DD971C7F?hasLocalHost=false
SS5H8 I will describe the importance of Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington
NAACP
Nonviolent
Protest
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP), a civil rights organization for ethnic minorities in the US.
Is a way to bring change without using violence
Montgomery
Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, Alabama, buses were segregated. Afr.-Amer. Had to sit in their section (back).
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the front and was arrested by police. Members of her
church organized a protest (the Mont. Bus. Boycott). “Don’t ride the buses!” Afr.-Amer. Rode
bikes or shared car rides.
Martin Luther
King Jr.
MLK Jr, a minister from Atlanta, Georgia, helped lead the boycott.
In 1956, The US Supreme Court ruled that segregation was illegal.
EQ
Analyze and draw conclusions how Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. impacted (helped) Civil Rights.
SS5H8 I will describe the importance of Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington
“Sit-Ins”
EQ
Analyze and draw conclusions how Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. impacted (helped) Civil Rights.
SS5H8 I will describe the importance of Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington
“Sit-Ins”
Form of non-violent protest
the March on
1963, Congress was considering a bill
Washington to end segregation in the US.
(D.C.)
Organized protest,
MLK Jr. + Civil Rights Leaders + 200,000 people
King gave his “I have a Dream Speech”
EQ
Analyze and draw conclusions how Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. impacted (helped) Civil Rights.
• March on Washington
• http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
EQ: Analyze and draw conclusions how Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. impacted (helped) Civil Rights.
I will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments of Civil
Rights between 1950-1975.
Assassination of
John F. Kennedy
Youngest president, Space Race, Programs to improve life, Assassinated in Texas
Assassination
The murder of an important leader
MLK Jr and
Robert Kennedy
Assassinated
MLK Jr.
(textbook p. R63)
RFK
-JFK’s brother
-popular & running for president
-Civil Rights
Analyze and draw conclusions about how MLK Jr. impacted Civil Rights.
EQ
I will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments of Civil
Rights between 1950-1975.
Civil Rights Act
of 1964
Lyndon Johnson sign the bill
Banned Segregation in:
School
Workplaces
Public places (restaurants and theaters)
Source Textbook page. 410
Voting Rights Act banned the use of literacy tests, provided for federal oversight of voter registration
23rd Amendment
(in 1964) made poll taxes illegal in federal elections;
poll taxes in state elections were banned in 1966
Source http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act
24th Amendment People in Washington D.C. (nations capitol) can vote
EQ
Analyze and draw conclusions about how MLK Jr. impacted others and Civil Rights.
• Reading
• My Website
• Assignments and Homework
• Civil Rights Reading Day 3
• Cite evidence for:
• (Essential Task) Analyze and draw conclusions about how MLK Jr. impacted
others and Civil Rights.
•KAHOOT!
The Supreme Court made segregation on busses illegal.
A group of “Freedom Riders” rode on buses throughout
the south and use once only waiting rooms, restrooms, and
Restaurants.
They were attacked in some cases.
• Plessy Vs. Fergusson
• Brown Vs. BOE (Topeka) said that segregation was illegal.
• Civil Disobedience- to disobey civil (gov.) authority…King encouraged non-violent protest
and civil disobedience. Won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• Non-violent protest: Sit in in North Carolina ( At Woolworths’ store)
• Once King died…His work was carried on by others.
• Voting Rights Act – enacted by southern states increase the number of African American
voters.
• Afr. Amer. Met resistance when trying to attend white universities. The government sent
in police to assist.
Space Race
• First satellite in orbit- USSR (Sputnik I)
• First man in space – USSR (Yuri Gagarin)
• 1st Man on the moon- US (Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin)
• “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”
Welfare and Pop Culture
• Pres Johnson’s Great society-War on poverty
• Welfare- government program that provides help (Money, Food,
Housing) to those in need.
• Generation- group of people born about the same time.
• Pop Culture- What is popular to most (Beetles)
• (Pop Art= popular art)