March 16, 2015 March 16, 2015

““The Civil Rights Movement”The Civil Rights Movement” Objectives:Objectives:1.1. When and where did the first African-When and where did the first African-

Americans arrive in the U.S.?Americans arrive in the U.S.?2. What was the name given to the route of the 2. What was the name given to the route of the

Triangular Trade that involved the forced Triangular Trade that involved the forced transport of slaves from Africa to America?transport of slaves from Africa to America?

3. What were known as the Civil War laws?3. What were known as the Civil War laws?

4.4. What restrictions were used to prevent What restrictions were used to prevent African-Americans from voting?African-Americans from voting?

5.5. What were Grandfather Clauses?What were Grandfather Clauses?6. What did many southern states pass to 6. What did many southern states pass to

segregate races in public places?segregate races in public places?7. What is the significance of the Plessy v. 7. What is the significance of the Plessy v.

Ferguson case (1896)?Ferguson case (1896)?8. What is the significance of Brown v. 8. What is the significance of Brown v.

Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case (1954)?case (1954)?

                                 

Arrival of Virginia’s firstAfrican-Americans. It is estimated that some 10 million people were brought from Africa to America as slaves.

Nowhere in the history has a people experienced such a long and traumatic ordeal as Africans during the Atlantic slave trade. Over the nearly four centuries of the slave - which continued until the end of the Civil War - millions of African men, women, and children were savagely torn from their homeland, herded onto ships, and dispersed all over the so-called New World. Although there is no way to compute exactly how many people perished, it has been estimated that between thirty and sixty million Africans were subjected to this horrendous triangular trade system and that only one third-if that-of those people survived...'

                             

                               

1. 1619, Jamestown, Virginia1. 1619, Jamestown, Virginia 2. Middle Passage2. Middle Passage 3. 133. 13thth Amendment 1865 – Amendment 1865 –

abolished slavery abolished slavery

1414thth Amendment 1868 – former Amendment 1868 – former slaves granted citizenshipslaves granted citizenship

1515thth Amendment 1870 – Amendment 1870 – granted former slaves the right to granted former slaves the right to votevote

4. Poll Taxes 4. Poll Taxes Literacy Tests Literacy Tests

5.5. Provision exempting southern whites Provision exempting southern whites from the strict voting from the strict voting requirementsrequirements

6. Jim Crow Laws6. Jim Crow Laws

7. Established the “separate but 7. Established the “separate but equal” doctrine in the U.S.equal” doctrine in the U.S.

8. Landmark decision in which the 8. Landmark decision in which the court overturned the separate but court overturned the separate but equal doctrine, thus banning racial equal doctrine, thus banning racial segregation in public schools.segregation in public schools.

                                              

7. Established the “separate but 7. Established the “separate but equal” doctrine in the U.S.equal” doctrine in the U.S.

8. Landmark decision in which the 8. Landmark decision in which the court overturned the separate but court overturned the separate but equal doctrine, thus banning racial equal doctrine, thus banning racial segregation in public schools.segregation in public schools.

Objectives: 3/5/2014Objectives: 3/5/2014

9. What were the major events of 9. What were the major events of the Civil Rights Movement 1954-the Civil Rights Movement 1954-

1965?1965?

1. Aug 1955 – Murder of 14 yr old Emmett Till in Mississippi

                                                   

Roy Bryant and J. W. Roy Bryant and J. W. MilamMilam

2. Dec. 1 1955 Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

3. Clinton High School Governor Frank Clement

44. Sep. 1957 – . Sep. 1957 – Central High Central High SchoolSchool ( (Little Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock, Arkansas))

““Little Rock Nine”Little Rock Nine”

Little Rock Nine

5. Feb. 19605. Feb. 1960

Diane Nash- Diane Nash-

                                                                                                         

     

Downtown lunch-counters targeted by the sit-ins included: 1. S. H. Kress; 2. McClellans; 3. Woolworths; 4. Grants; 5. Walgreens; 6. Cain-Sloan; 7. Harveys; 8. Greyhound; 9. Trailways; 10. Moon-McGrath

                                                                           

                                                         

6. 1961- “Freedom Riders”

7. Sep. 1962- James Meredith

April 12, 1963- Arrest of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama

Eugene “Bull” Connor

8. June 11, 1963 - Governor George Wallace

June 11, 1963- President John Kennedy submits legislation that laterbecomes the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (see terms)

9. June 12, 1963- Murder of Medgar Evers in Jackson, MS

Bryon De La Beckwith

10. Aug. 28, 1963 – The March on Washington. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers “I Have A Dream” speech.

11. Sep. 15, 1963- Birmingham Bombings killing four African-American girls

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Bobby Frank Cherry 711977

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Booker T. Washington

Marcus Garvey

W.E.B. DuBois

Garvey Go Home

DuBois wants it NOW!!!!!

Strom Thurmond

Eugene “Bull” Conner

George Wallace

Albert Gore, Sr.

Malcolm X

Stokely Carmichael

Civil Rights Act of 1968 – ended Civil Rights Act of 1968 – ended discrimination in housing (selling discrimination in housing (selling or rental)or rental)