The Way of Things in 1950s South

• While America fought for liberty and freedom in Europe, Central America and Asia, there was oppression right here in America itself

• The South in which the Civil Rights movement took root was grounded in the idea of “separate but equal” a concept which dated back to 1890s America

• Virtually every state and local government in the South had laws which segregated blacks and whites

• These laws, called Jim Crow laws, segregated buses, trains, schools, restaurants, pools, parks and virtually every other public facility

• Jim Crow facilities for blacks were always of poorer quality than that for whites

• And areas without Jim Crow laws had de facto segregation – segregation by custom and tradition

“The Civil Rights Movement”

Page____ in your interactive notebook

Expert Groups

• Organize yourselves according to essay topics to agree on a 30-word summary of your topic.

• Do this without referring to your notes or your essay

• Your expert group should have at least:– a leader– a writer– a reporter

• Be sure to have consensus before you begin writng your 30 words

PLESSY v. FERGUSON

(1896)

Homer Plessy

U.S. Supreme Court case that made

segregation legal in the United States

Established the principle of “separate but equal”

Montgomery Bus BoycottOutraged over Park’s arrest, African

Americans organized a boycott of Montgomery’s public transportation

system in 1956

African Americans carpooled, took taxis, or walked to avoid taking the bus.

After a year, the city of Montgomery was ordered to end its segregation policy.

African Americans carpooling during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956

Freedom RidersBlacks and whites

traveled into the South to draw attention to the

South’s segregation of bus terminals.

When Freedom Riders arrived at various cities in the South, white mobs attacked them.

March on WashingtonTo support to President Kennedy’s Civil Rights bill, Martin Luther King, Jr., organized a massive march on

Washington, D.C., as a show of support for the bill

On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators gathered peacefully at the nation’s capital.

Selma March/Bloody Sunday

Efforts to end segregation

Use a graphic organizer like the one below to list the efforts made to end segregation. You may use your book pp. 850-857 to find the information you will need.

Analyzing Time LinesThe Civil Rights Movement

• Open your book to pp. 860-861, 867, 875• Read the time line with the annotations and pictures• Answer the following questions1. According to the time line, what was the first major

event in the civil rights movement?2. How many years were there between the Brown

decision and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

3. When were the Freedom Riders organized?

Analyzing Time LinesThe Civil Rights Movement

4. Explain the key differences between the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

5. Summarize the section on Malcolm X6. Describe the assassination of Martin Luther

King, Jr.