Bellwork In the early 1960 s alternative approaches

Bellwork In the early 1960 s alternative approaches to the Civil Rights movement developed. 1954 - Brown V Board ruling –Separate IS NOT equal 19551957 - First Black students enroll in Little Rock, Arkansas 1957 - Civil Rights Act 196019611963 - “I have a Dream” MLK Jr. 1964 - Civil Rights Act

Learning Target: I can analyze multiple informational text and photos regarding the goals, strategies, and major contributions of individuals and groups during the Civil Rights movement in order to evaluate progression of change (CEPT). Language Target: I can use sequential language to write about the progression of change during the Civil Rights Movement. i. e. In the late 1950’s, Later in the 1960’s, For example, in 1964, etc… 1. Bellwork: Civil Rights movement timeline 2. Station Activity: Examine People and Groups 3. Closure: Reflection of learning Target 1. Reflect on at least 2 groups (evaluate their success) 2. Use at least 3 individuals (evaluate their success)

Individuals-Quotes Learning Target: I can analyze multiple informational text and photos regarding the goals, strategies, and major contributions of individuals and groups during the Civil Rights movement in order to evaluate progression of change (CEPT).

Stokely Carmichael Stokey Carmichael believed that black people needed to take control of their own future by using their right to vote. By 1963, Carmichael began to call for stronger action against the racism and violence experienced by black people in the south. Stokely Carmichael joined the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960 after it was formed in April of that year and took part in the Freedom Rides in 1961.

Rosa Parks on Dec 1, 1955 was arrested in Montgomery Alabama for refusing to obey the bus drivers order to give up her seat in the “colored section” to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled (resistance to racial segregation) Park’s actions sparked a boycott (avoidance, nonviolence, civil disobedience) of buses in Montgomery, Alabama that lasted a year and 15 days! Impact November, 1956 - The Montgomery courts ruled that the segregated nature of Montgomery’s buses was unconstitutional and ordered that they be desegregated.

Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist. In 1964, working with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Hamer helped organize the 1964 Freedom Summer African. American voter registration drive in her native Mississippi. Perspective on change (viewpoint/belief)

MLK Jr. and Malcolm X

Group s Learning Target: I can analyze multiple informational text and photos regarding the goals, strategies, and major contributions of individuals and groups during the Civil Rights movement in order to evaluate progression of change (CEPT).

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) SNCC formed on February 1, 1960, by Black college students dedicated to overturning segregation in the South and giving young Blacks a stronger voice in the civil rights movement in America. The SNCC began as an interracial group advocating change in a non violence way. (The philosophy of nonviolence switched to one of greater militancy after the mid-1960 s and advocated to the “Black Power” movement). SNCC strengthened its efforts in community organization and supported Freedom Rides in 1961, along with the March on Washington in 1963, and agitated for the Civil Rights Act (1964).

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950 s and 1960 s echoed the NAACP's goals, but leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. , of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, felt that direct action was needed to obtain them. The NAACP even posted bail for hundreds of Freedom Riders in the ‘ 60 s who had traveled to Mississippi to register black voters and challenge Jim Crow policies.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was established in 1957‘‘This conference is called because we have no moral choice, before God, but to delve deeper into the struggle—and to do so with greater reliance on non-violence and with greater unity, coordination, sharing, and Christian understanding’’ – MLK Jr. SCLC didn’t seek individual member. It differed from organizations such as the SNCC and NAACP in that it operated as an umbrella organization of affiliates. The SCLC organized local protest groups throughout the South. Under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. , the organization drew on the power and independence of black churches to support its activities.

Closure-reflection on learning Learning Target: I can analyze multiple informational text and photos regarding the goals, strategies, and major contributions of individuals and groups during the Civil Rights movement in order to evaluate progression of change (CEPT). 1. Reflect on at least 2 groups (evaluate their success) 2. Use at least 3 individuals (evaluate their Write a 6 sentence descriptive reflection discussing your knowledge of the LT success) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________