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Honors Chapters 21 The Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968) ( Civil Rights: The rights of personal liberty, guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13 th , 14 th , and 15 th Amendments and by acts of Congress.) I. The Fight Begins: Taking on Segregation (p. 696 – 699; 705 – 706) A. Segregation - 1. Civil Rights Act of 1875; unconstitutional in 1883 2. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) - a. 14 th Amendment - b. Jim Crow laws -

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Page 6: Honors Chapters 21 The Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968) ( Civil Rights: The rights of personal liberty, guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13 th, 14 th,
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E. Birmingham (1963)

1. Letter from the Birmingham Jail -

2. Children’s March / “Bull” Connor -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ7k4wMdV5g

3. bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church -

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3. Kerner Commission (1968) -

“Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white – separate and unequal.”

B. alternatives to nonviolence

1. Nation of Islam (Elijah Muhammad) / Malcolm X -

a. Organization for Afro American Unity /

“Ballots or Bullets” -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBS416EZsKM