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Objective & Do Now

Objective & Do Now. Objective I dentify the origins of the civil rights movement Do Now W hat are some injustices in our society today? How are we fighting against those injustices?. Taking on Segregation. Chapter 29 Section 1. I The Segregation System A. Plessy V. Fergusson.

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Objective & Do Now

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  1. Objective & Do Now Objective Identify the origins of the civil rights movement Do Now What are some injustices in our society today? How are we fighting against those injustices?

  2. Taking on Segregation Chapter 29 Section 1

  3. I The Segregation SystemA. Plessy V. Fergusson • 1890 – “separate but equal” in Louisiana RR • Plessy V Fergusson SC case = did not violate 14th Amendment which guaranteed al Americans equal treatment under the law • Plessy decision  S states to pass Jim Crow Laws • Aimed at separating the blacks & whites • Separate schools/RR’s/elevators/restrooms • Black facilities were always inferior than white facilities

  4. II Challenging Segregation in Court • NAACP’s strategy would be to point out the stark inequality between schools for both races & challenge segregation in schools • The US spent 10x more $ on white student than black student Brown v. Board of Ed (Topeka, Kansas) • Linda Brown sued for denying her admission to all white elementary school four blocks from her house  forced her to attend all black school further away • SC puts end to segregation in school “separate but equal” is “inherently unequal”

  5. III Reaction to the Brown Decision • Whites resist segregation in areas where Af. Amer are majority of pop • Feared loosing control of schools resurfacing of KKK • Eisenhower doesn’t enforce ct. decision but is forced to in Little Rock Little Rock 9 • Little Rock Central High School (Arkansas) desegregated & enrolled 9 Af. Amer. • Gov. orders Nat’l Guard to turn those students away  judge orders to allow them into school • Mobs assemble to harass Little Rock 9 • Eisenhower sends Nat’l Guard to Little Rock to protect Little Rock 9

  6. IV The Montgomery Bus Boycott • Rosa Parks sat in front row of colored only seats • Asked to get up to allow white man to sit w/o having to sit next to Af. Amer • Refused and was arrested Bus Boycott led by MLK • Boycotted bus for 381 days and remained non-violent despite the bombing of MLK’s home  SC outlawing segregation in 1956

  7. V Dr. King and the SCLC • Bus boycott prove ordinary Af. Amer. Could organize effectively in protest • Also proved the power of non-violent resistance • MLK drew inspiration from various teachings (Jesus= love your enemies/Thoreou=civil disobedience/a Philip Randolph= org. mass demos) • Some questioned his philosophy after anti-black violence swept across S • Southern violence  Emitt Till Murder & murder of civil rights workers

  8. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) used non-violent resistance to stage protests and demontrations throughout S • Ella BakerStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC AKA “snick”) • SNCC org. sit-ins = protesters sit down at segregated lunch counters and refuse to leave until served • TV covered event and saw real face of racism as whites threw food at SNCC members and physically beat them • Some members of SNCC had more confrontational views to combat injustice

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