the civil rights movement 1960-1978: ordinary people
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The Civil Rights Movement1960-1978: Ordinary People
Bell Ringer
Review introduction packet to the CRM.
Complete the essential questions.
Objectives
Describe the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Observe and study King’s use of figurative language in his “I Have a Dream” speech
Identify inequities that still exist in the United States
Amendments in Action: Discussion To what extent was the First
Amendment important during the civil rights movement in the United States? Why might people want to
assemble?
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson establishes “separate but equal”
NAACP supported case to challenge segregation
As a result…segregation is declared ILLEGAL
Showdown in Little Rock Desegregation
moves slow Begins with
admission of nine students
National Guard forced to protect students
Little Rock Nine faces frequent harassment
Ernest Green is the first to graduate
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Parks refuses to give up her seat MLK Jr. is MIA rep. Parks sparked the
protest, King inspired unity
Nonviolent protests work
South could not reverse the trend
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Crime to prevent qualified people from voting
Nonviolence in Action
Southern Christian Leadership Conference is dedicated to end discrimination Leader: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee demonstrate their feelings through sit-ins
Congress of Racial Equality work as Freedom Riders through the South
Continued Struggles
The admission of James Meredith seems positive until the death of Medgar Evers
“Meeting nonviolence with nonviolence” in Albany, Georgia Why let King go?
Birmingham protests result in violence, police attack back MLK’s letter, what does it mean?
Persuasion in Speaking
Why were people willing to believe and follow MLK? What is his credibility?
Perception influences how much we believe or are convinced by what the person has to say
Rhetoric = the art of writing or speaking effectively Present examples of the three principles
Persuasion in Speaking
Ethos: the source's credibility, the speaker's/author's authority
Logos: the logic used to support a claim (induction and deduction); can also be the facts and statistics used to help support the argument.
Pathos: the emotional or motivational appeals; vivid language, emotional language and numerous sensory details.
KING – The Man
Activity
Students will be watching the movie King – while doing so will keep track of all the significant events in his life. Next, students will come up with 5 adjectives to describe MLK, Jr. and explain why those adjectives work.
Martin Luther King: The Man Graduated from a segregated
school in Georgia at 15 At 25 became a pastor in
Alabama Member of the NAACP Elected president of the SCLC
in 1957 At 35 became the youngest to
receive the Nobel Peace Prize
March on Washington: Facts Title: “March on Washington for
Jobs and Freedom” August 28, 1963 Devoted to freedom of all
Americans Speak of what the U.S. could be
and should be Battle met with challenges along
the way (JFK) Was it a success???
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Famous Speech in Washington
Who took part in this march???
How many people???
Attended by 250,000 protesters
Listening to the Speech
Write down 5-7 words or phrases of the speech that stands out to you.
Work as a group to develop a “found poem” by combining your list of words of phrases in any order that you want.
Similarities that ExistMy Country ‘Tis of Thee My country ‘tis of
thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim’s pride, from every mountainside. Let freedom ring!
America the Beautiful Oh beautiful, for
spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains’ majesty above the fruited plain. America! America! God shed his grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.
Discussion Question
What inequalities exist in America today?
Has Dr. King’s dream been realized or is it yet to come true?
The Civil Rights Movement1960-1978: Voting Rights
Objectives
Explain why early efforts to register voters in Mississippi failed.
Relate why the Freedom Summer project met with limited success.
Describe how the Selma protest led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Registering Voters
Kennedy underestimated the extent of opposition
Very few registered to vote in Miss. Efforts result in mobs and murder
The Voter Education Project led “freedom elections”
A New Approach
The 24th Amendment bans the poll tax
Volunteers work to help with Freedom Summer Death of white volunteers shocks
the nation Limited gains, only 1,600 added
to voting rolls Fannie Lou Hamer leads to
MFDP to earn delegates
Selma and the Voting Rights Act King led activists in Selma, AL
to register black men and women to vote
Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” makes Congress quickly respond with the Voting Rights Act
Video: Bridge to Freedom Kennedy Library – Eye’s on the
Prize
The Civil Rights Movement1960-1978: Challenges for the Movement
Bell Ringer
Go to page 640 to read through the primary sources.
Analyze/evaluate these sources and complete the Document Based Questions on page 641.
Objectives
Describe how Malcolm X’s message differed from that of other leaders of the civil rights movement in the early 1960s.
Explain why nonviolent protest and the goal of racial integration lost support.
New Directions
Nation of Islam is formed by “militants” Black Muslims emphasized
supremacy of blacks over other races
Elijah Muhammad preached a message of black nationalism
Many reject last names and replace with the letter “X”
Principles of self-discipline and self-reliance
Malcolm X – Malcolm Little
Hatred of whites comes from an early experience
Freedom should be brought by “any means necessary” Supported
separatism A trip to Mecca
creates a new path and a deadly ending
Comparing ViewsViews of Mainstream Civil Rights leaders Views of Malcolm X
Civil rights will be obtained through1. Nonviolence2. Integration
Civil rights will be obtained through1. “any means
necessary”2. Black separatism
The Movement Fractures
Stokely Carmichael calls for “Black Power”
Black Panther Party calls for self-defense groups Negative affect on
white Americans Consequences???
Tragic Events
Mixed reactions with integration spread through America
Kerner Commission points out white racism
MLK protest misuse of government spending Poor People’s
Campaign Sad day in
Memphis, TN
The Civil Rights Movement1960-1978
Objectives
Describe the problems many leading African American organizations encountered in the early 1970s.
Explain effects of Supreme Court decisions on busing and affirmative action programs.
A Crisis in Direction
The SCLC learned that the movement came to an end with Resurrection City
Black Panthers and Black Muslims suffered from internal conflicts
Backlash
Busing becomes a means to integrate schools Limited by the Supreme Court
Businesses use affirmative action to compensate for discrimination University of California v.
Bakke
Successes of the Movement Carl Stokes becomes the first
black man elected mayor of Cleveland
Voting helped in the 1976 elections
Economic gains (businesses) and increased enrollment at the university level
Assignment
End of Course Assessment Pg. 649 (1-20)