the civil rights movement mr. ermer u.s. history miami beach senior high
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The Civil Rights Movement
Mr. ErmerU.S. HistoryMiami Beach Senior High
Roots of a Movement1896: Plessy v. Ferguson
◦“Separate but equal”◦De facto segregation◦1909: Norris v. Alabama (juries)
New Deal coalitionWWII and Civil Rights (CORE)1954: Brown v. Board of Education
of Topeka, KS◦Southern Resistance
The Civil Rights Movement Begins1955: Rosa Parks & NAACP
◦Montgomery Bus Boycott◦Religion & Civil Rights—MLK Jr.
Nonviolent Passive Resistance Southern Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC)
Ike & Civil RightsPreferred desegregation by Act of
Congress or Executive Order, not courts
Desegregates military work spacesSends U.S. Army troops to South to
protect African-AmericansThe Little Rock NineCivil Rights Act of 1957 (voting)The Sit In Movement
JFK & Civil RightsThe Freedom Riders
◦Kennedy compromises w/ Mississippi◦ICC tightens regulation of segregated
bus depots◦RFK’s Justice Dept. sues Southern cities
for seg.JFK appoints many African-Amers. to
gov. jobsMLK’s Birmingham March
◦MLK arrested, “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
◦Demonstrations spread◦KKK bombs 16th St. Baptist Church in
Birmingham
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
1963: March on Washington “I have a dream”
LBJ continues fight to pass Civil Rights Act◦Senate threatens filibuster—cloture
vote◦Ends segregation in public facilities
Equal access to public accommodations for all races
◦Creates Equal Employment Opportunity Comm.
◦Forced end of segregation in private work place
◦Increased US Attorney General’s power to sue
Selma March—Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights IssuesInequality, crime, poverty, lack of
education plague urban African-Amer. pop
The Watts RiotThe Kerner Commission on Civil DisordersMLK fights for economic equalityBlack Power movementMalcolm X & the Nation of Islam
◦Separatism◦Black Panthers
Assassination of MLK
Chapter 16 Assessment
On page 396, write and answer questions 1-10