1 / 10

Unit 4 Seminar

Civil Rights Movement. Unit 4 Seminar. Desegregation. The process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to race Most commonly used in reference to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement Before and After Brown Vs. Board of Education ( 1954). Impediments to integrated schools.

joy-reed
Télécharger la présentation

Unit 4 Seminar

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Civil Rights Movement Unit 4 Seminar

  2. Desegregation • The process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to race • Most commonly used in reference to the U.S. • Civil Rights Movement • Before and After Brown Vs. Board of Education (1954)

  3. Impediments to integrated schools Swan v. Charlotte Board of Education (1971) – forced busing Desegregation peaked in 1988 Shifts in the job market have left the poorest blacks and other minorities in the Northern cities. White flight Schools are thus segregated today

  4. Segregation Today Today, one-third of black students attend school in places where the black population is more than 90 percent. A little less than half of white students attend schools that are more than 90 percent white. One-third of all black and Latino students attend high-poverty schools (where more than 75 percent of students receive free or reduced lunch); only 4% of white children do. Lockette, Tim (Feb. 5, 2010). The New Racial Segregation at Public Schools. Southern Shift News.

  5. Pictoral History of Racism in the U.S. Click link below for a virtual field trip: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/09/23/785567/-Updated-A-Pictoral-History-of-Racism-in-the-United-States:-Context-is-Everything

  6. Discussion Where did you grow up and go to school?

  7. Discussion What was the racial mix of children in your school?

  8. Discussion What did you think about going to school with these children regarding race?

  9. Discussion What experiences in school did your have that you attribute to your race and/or ethnicity?

  10. Discussion What can you do now as an adult to contribute to fewer racial inequalities in your community?

More Related