civil rights movement. post-wwii african americans dissatisfied after wwii – risked their lives...
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Civil Rights Movement
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Post-WWII
• African Americans dissatisfied after WWII– Risked their lives
defending freedom• Civil Rights Movement-a
broad and diverse effort to attain racial equality
http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/blacks-in-the-military#blacks-in-the-military
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Segregation divides America
• Jim Crow laws-enforced strict separation of the races in the South– Schools, hospitals,
transportation, & restaurants
• 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson-Supreme Court decision ”Separate but equal”
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Segregation in the North
• De facto segregation: segregated by unwritten custom or tradition, face of life
• Blacks were denied housing in many neighborhoods and faced discrimination in employment
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The Impact of Segregation
• African Americans received low-paying jobs• Higher rates of poverty and illiteracy• Lower rates of homeownership and life
expectancy• Couldn’t vote in the south
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The Civil Rights Movement Grows
• Jackie Robinson• President Truman used his
executive power to order the desegregation of the military
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NAACP Challenges Segregation• NAACP became the largest and most powerful
civil rights organization• Thurgood Marshal- a lawyer who challenged
segregation
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Brown vs. Board of Education 1954• NAACP challenged the
“separate but equal” ruling• The Supreme Court agreed
with NAACP that segregated public education violated the U.S. Constitution
http://www.history.com/videos/brown-vs-board-of-education-separate-is-not-equal#brown-vs-board-of-education-separate-is-not-equal
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Little Rock Nine
• President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect the students
• For the entire school year, federal troops escorted students to and from school
http://www.history.com/videos/little-rock-9#little-rock-9
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Effects of Little Rock Nine
• It demonstrated that the President would not tolerate open defiance of the law
• However, most southern states found ways around desegregation and it took years before black and white children went to school together
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Rosa Parks• NAACP began preparing a legal
challenge• Rise of MLK: urged non-violence• Boycott lasted a year• In 1956 the Supreme Court ruled
the Montgomery bus segregation law was unconstitutional
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Effects of the Boycott and the Supreme Court Victory
• Revealed the power African Americans could have if they joined together
• King established the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) – Advocated nonviolent resistance to fight injustice
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Freedom ride
• Test the federal government’s willingness to enforce that segregation on interstate buses was illegal (Boynton v. Virginia 1960)
• In Alabama, whites firebombed one bus and attacked the riders of the second bus
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Effects of the Freedom Ride
• Kennedy takes action• Civil rights activists showed that intimidation
would not defeat them
http://video.pbs.org/video/1574363015/
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Sit-ins• Four black students at North Carolina sat
down in a white diner and were told that they would not be served (First)
• Sit ins became a new way to protest segregation of public facilities
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Focus on Birmingham
• Letter from Birmingham jail by King
• Many Americans were shocked by the news coverage of nonviolent protestors set upon by dogs and jets of water
• Kennedy approves civil rights bill
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March on Washington• To put pressure on
Congress to pass the new civil rights bill
• More than 200,000 people
• MLK-”I have a dream”• One of the largest political
demonstrationshttp://www.history.com/videos/martin-luther-king-jr-leads-the-march-on-washington#martin-luther-king-jr-leads-the-march-on-washington
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
• banned segregation
• Prosecuted individuals who violated people’s civil rights
• Outlawed discrimination in employment
http://www.history.com/videos/civil-rights-act-of-1964#civil-rights-act-of-1964
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The Push for Voting Rights
• Literacy tests• Poll taxes• Intimidation
All kept blacks from votingVOTING RIGHTS ACT
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The Riots • Frustration over discrimination and poverty• Blacks using violence against police and white
business owners
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“Black Power”
• Move away from nonviolence• Stokley Carmichael• African Americans should use their power to
gain equality
http://www.history.com/videos/stokely-carmichael#stokely-carmichael
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Malcolm X
• Influenced by race riots• Difficult childhood• Nation of Islam– Strict rules of behavior, no drugs or alcohol, and
demanded a separation of the races– Broke away from Nation of Islam to create his own
group.
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Malcolm X
• He became the Nation of Islam’s most prominent minister– However, he broke away and formed his own– Three members were later convicted of
assassinating Malcolm• After his pilgrimage to Mecca, Malcolm was
more willing to consider limited acceptance of whites
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Black Panthers
• Symbol of young militant African Americans• Protected urban neighborhoods from police
abuse• Created antipoverty programs
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MLK’s final days
• Disagreed with the call for “black power”• Assassination triggered riots in more than 100
cities• 2 months later Robert Kennedy was
assassinated
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Significant Gains
• Eliminated legal segregation• Knocked down barriers of voting and political
participation• Poverty rates fell• Increase in the number of African Americans
high school graduates• Appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first
African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967
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Controversial Issues
• Affirmative Action: increase African American representation in schools and the workforce
• Racism• Social and Economic gap