May 6, 2014Aim: How did the Civil Rights movement gain social and political momentum from 1948-1968?Do Now: Brainstorm a list of things you already know about the Civil Rights movement.

Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement• 2 Phases to the Civil Rights Movement:1. 1945-19652. Post-1965

Riots

The Battle in the Courts

• Plessy v Ferguson (1896)– “Separate but equal” facilities = legal.

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)– Chief Justice Earl Warren– Desegregation in schools

Eisenhower Years• First Civil Rights Act passed since the Civil War

(1957 & 1960)• Little Rock Central High School– “Little Rock Nine.”– Governor’s opposition to integration.– Eisenhower sends federal troops to enforce.

Into the Buses• December 1955 – the

arrest of Rosa Parks• Martin Luther King, Jr.• “Montgomery” model

for civil rights activism: boycott, publicity, courts.

• 1957 - SCLC formed

A Mass Movement Takes Shape

• Lunch counter “sit-ins” begin.• 1960 – SNCC (Snick) created.

A Mass Movement Takes Shape (cont’d)• 1963 - Birmingham,

AL: Fire hoses, canine units used to break up a demonstration.

August 1963: MLK & March on Washington

“I Have a Dream” speech

John F. Kennedy starts to campaign for Civil

Rights

JFK & Johnson on Civil Rights• 1962: integration of “Ole

Miss”– James Meredith

• JFK pushes for better enforcement of Civil Rights laws.

• 24th Amendment: Ended poll taxes.

• Voting Rights Act (1965)

In your own words, list the most important idea from today’s lesson.