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The Civil Rights Movement chapter 26

The Civil Rights Movement chapter 26. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement. Separate but Unequal North No official segregation (could vote, had legal access to jobs and college African Americans and whites rarely mixed Still face prejudice in jobs and housing.

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The Civil Rights Movement chapter 26

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  1. The Civil Rights Movementchapter 26

  2. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement • Separate but Unequal • North • No official segregation (could vote, had legal access to jobs and college • African Americans and whites rarely mixed • Still face prejudice in jobs and housing

  3. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement • Separate but Unequal • South • Segregation was the way of life and supported by law • Separate schools and hospitals, and separation on public transportation, theaters, and restaurants

  4. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement • Barriers Begin to Crumble • Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in professional sports

  5. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement • NAACP

  6. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka • Moment had come to overthrow “separate but equal” • Segregation made equal education impossible • May 17, 1954 the supreme court ruled that separate but equal has no place in public education

  7. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement • Little Rock • Nine African American students went to attend Central High School • Arkansas governor OrvalRaubus vowed not to allow “mixing of races” • National Guard was called to keep students out of school

  8. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement • President Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce Supreme Court’s ruling • Students finally entered Central High

  9. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement • Montgomery Bus Boycott • December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white rider and was arrested

  10. Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement • African Americans in Montgomery decided to boycott taking buses (70 percent of bus riders were African Americans) • Martin Luther King Jr. led the boycott • Boycott continued until segregation laws were taken off • Lasted 381 days (November 1956)

  11. JFK • Kennedy tried to fight poverty, disease, discrimination • Promised a man would be on the moon by the end of the 1960s • Most of his goals were not met • November 22, 1963 Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas

  12. Johnson’s Great Society • Johnson wanted to make his mark with economic and social reforms • Program known as the Great Society • Wage war on Poverty • Create programs to attack illiteracy, unemployment, and education • Head Start, food stamps, Welfare, Medicare and Medicaid

  13. Civil Rights Movement Continues • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. • Belief of Civil Disobedience

  14. Civil Rights Movement Continues • Nonviolent protests • Sit-in • Freedom Rides • Protests in Birmingham • African Americans marched to protest discrimination • Police used dogs, fire hoses, and electric cattle prods against the marchers

  15. March on Washington • After the events in Birmingham President Kennedy wanted to pass a civil rights bill • Civil rights leaders proposed a march on the nation’s capital • August 28, 1963, 250,000 peacefully assembled citizens marched to support civil rights

  16. Civil Rights Legislation • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Banned discrimination in public facilities • Outlawed discrimination in employment • Protected voting rights

  17. Literacy Test 1. Which of the following is a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?_____Public Education_____Employment_____Trial by Jury_____Voting2. The federal census of population is taken every five years._____True _____False3. If a person is indicted for a crime, name two rights which he has. ______________________ ________________________

  18. Literacy Test 4. A person appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court is appointed for a term of __________.5. When the Constitution was approved by the original colonies, how many states had to ratify it in order for it to be in effect? _________________________________________

  19. Literacy Test 6. What words are required by law to be on all coins and paper currency of the U.S.? ________________________________________________________________________ 7. Of the original 13 states, the one with the largest representation in the first Congress was ______________________________________________________________________.

  20. Literacy Test 8. The Constitution limits the size of the District of Columbia to ______________________________________________________________________.

  21. Civil Rights Legislation • Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Banned literacy tests and other barriers to African American Voting.

  22. Movement Splinters • Malcolm X

  23. Movement Splinters • Stokely Carmichael

  24. Movement Splinters • Protests Turn Violent • Civil rights focused mainly on segregation in the south • Millions of African Americans were crowded into run down neighborhoods in Northern Cities • Los Angeles 1965 a riot started killing and injuring more than 1,000 people

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