Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

The Civil Rights Movement

By Shawnah Crespo

Standards

SS5H6: DESCRIBE the importance of key people, events, and developments between

1950-1975.

a. Analyze the effects of Jim Crow laws and practices.

b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement: Brown v. Board of

Education (1954), Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting

Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar Chavez,

Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

c. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F.

Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

d. Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

• Eugene "Bull" Connor

• ​Governor George Wallace

• Linda Brown

• Ruby Bridges

• Cesar Chavez​

• segregation

• Jim Crow laws

• boycott

• protest

• nonviolent​

• civil rights​

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​Key words:

Vocabulary

​Key people:

Poll

Do you believe the Civil Rights Movement made a difference in your life today?

• Yes, me and my family are able to have many freedoms and rights today.

• No, the Civil Rights Movement did not impact me or my family.

• I am unsure if the movement made a difference for me and my family

100 years after the Civil War (which ended slavery), African-Americans still struggled for freedom. State laws and discrimination limited their civil rights. Civil rights are rights guaranteed to citizens. Such rights include: right to vote, equal treatment, and freedom of speech.

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​The Movement Begins

Open Ended

What are some CIVIL RIGHTS you enjoy as an American citizen?

The struggle for civil rights came aftter years of segregation. SEGREGATION was a system of laws used by whites to control African-Americans and keep the two groups separate. JIM CROW LAWS enforced segregation of Blacks and Whites in public places. Segregation signage was used in restaurants, movie theaters, hotels, restrooms, and drinking fountains.

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Multiple Select

Select 3 public places that practiced segregation.

• Grocery stores

• movie theaters

• restaurants

• restrooms