Laws Support Civil Rights
Summarize the cause for passage and the effects of passing civil rights and voting rights legislation,
including the 24th Amendment.
APK Dred Scott
Blacks are property Plessy v Ferguson
Separate is equal Brown v Board
Separate is not equal
Causes: Civil Rights Act of 1964 Racial tensions and civil rights
protests grew during the early 1960’s
Alabama governor refused to desegregate state universities (remember Little Rock 9?)
Pres. Kennedy demanded that Congress pass a civil rights law
Kennedy was killed Pres. Johnson persuades
Southern senators to pass billDescribe the main reason for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The LBJ Treatment
Effects: Civil Rights Act of 1964 Prohibited discrimination because of race,
color, religion, or national origin, and gender Gave the federal government power to
speed up desegregation Banned discrimination in employment
Established Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Banned discrimination in public places Parks Restaurants Theatres
What is the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
24th Amendment Causes:
Poll taxes still required in 5 Southern states
Poor AA’s could not afford to pay Effects:
24th amendment- Made poll taxes illegal *extended the right to vote to
millions of poor people
Describe the impact of the 24th Amendment
Causes: Voting Rights Act of 1965 Southern states had passed
laws to limit AA voting rights 1964- Freedom Summer
Volunteers worked to register AA voters in Mississippi
Sparked racial violence and murder
1965- Selma, Alabama Protests and violence over
voting rights
Pres. Johnson submits the Voting Rights Act to Congress
Effects: Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests often used to disqualify African American voters
Allowed federal examiners to register voters who had been denied their rights
**Tripled the number of African Americans registered to vote in the South
How did literacy tests affect AA voters?
Summarize the impact of the voting rights act of 1965.
Causes: Civil Rights Act of 1968
De facto segregation Segregation that exists by practice
and custom “white flight”
Moving out of cities and into suburbs De jure segregation
Segregation by law Kerner Commission
Report stating that the North was becoming segregated
Housing discrimination Civil Rights Act of 1968 ended housing
discrimination Which is more difficult to fight? De jure or De facto segregation? Explain.
Effects of the Civil Rights Movement
Ended legal segregation Protected civil rights and civil rights Increased pride and racial identity More African American voters, officials, high
school and college graduates
Review How did minorities cope (deal) with inequalities? Who were the SNCC? How did they contribute to the civil
rights movement? What were some of the actions of the SCLC? Analyze (break apart) the importance of the Little Rock
Nine. What were the goals of the UFWOC? How were they
achieved? Explain the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Describe the significance of the 24th Amendment. Examine the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965