Transcript The Civil Rights Movement

Do not yell out the answer!
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There were several different reasons which led to the
War of 1812. Which of the following is considering
the central dispute which led to the War of 1812?
A. disputes over English taxes and tariffs levied in the
United States
B. impressment of American soldiers by the British
C. dispute over control of the land that is presently
Florida
D. the United States seeking independence from
England
Explanation
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The British policy of impressment was one of the
factors that contributed to the War of 1812. British
ships would stop American ships and force American
sailors to work on British ships. The British did not
recognize American citizenship and often claimed
that the American sailors they took were actually
British subjects.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT
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Segregation under Jim Crow
Story of Emmitt Till
Mourners pass Emmett Till's
casket in Chicago Sept. 3,
1955.
Strange Fruit
Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
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In his years in the
minors, he was hit by
many pitches, thrown
out and forced to leave
games. Many of his
games were cancelled
because he was black.
In 1947 he became the
first African American
to play in the major
leagues.
Executive Order 9981
Central High School Little Rock,
Arkansas
“Little Rock 9”
Rally at Arkansas state capital protesting the
desegregation of Central High School, 1957.
National Guardsmen escorting the “Little
Rock Nine” to register for classes, Sept.
1957.
Integration: Students’ Reactions
1954: Students in an integrated classroom
in Fort Myer, Va., the year of Brown v.
Board of Education..
1961: Charlene Hunter studying in Myers
Hall, her dormitory at the University of
Georgia. Charlene is one of the first two
African Americans to attend the previously
all-white school.
Resistance to Civil Rights Legislation:
George Wallace
Wallace standing against desegregation while
being confronted by Deputy U.S. Attorney
General Nicholas Katzenbachat the University of
Alabama in 1963.
George Wallace
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Reactions to Integration
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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In December 1955, Rosa Parks
refused to give up her seat on a bus
to a white passenger, and she was
arrested for it.
The boycott called on all African
Americans in Montgomery, Alabama
to not ride the bus system until the bus
company changed its segregation
policy.
It worked.
The boycott introduced non-violent
protest to the American landscape.
Stages of Protest
Rosa Parks riding a Montgomery, Ala., bus
in December 1956, after the Supreme
Court outlawed segregation on buses.
Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by Deputy
Sherriff Lackey in Montgomery on
February 22 in 1956 two months after
refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a
white passenger
Woolworth Sit-in
Freedom Riders
Images like this one of the burned bus, helped create sympathy for the
non-violent Freedom Riders and their cause. This event drew national
attention, especially from middle-class northerners who were shocked by
the brutal violence they saw on television..
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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It was a landmark piece of
legislation that outlawed racial
segregation in schools, public
places, and employment
It prohibited discrimination in
public facilities, in government,
and in employment, invalidating
the Jim Crow laws in the southern
U.S.
Civil Rights Legislation
1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. was invited to the Oval Office of the White House for
President Lyndon Johnson's signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 King stood immediately
behind the president during the ceremony.
John Howard Griffin
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In 1960 John Howard
underwent skin treatment to
give him dark skin.
He moved to the south to
experience life as a man
with black skin and to see if
life was separate but equal.
Black Like Me
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Read the following excerpts from Black Like me and
then answer the following questions.
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were some of the challenges that John
encountered? How would it have been different if the
color of his skin was different?
 Imagine that you went through the same procedure (You
went from one race to another). How would your life
be different? How would it be the same? (5 sentences
or more)