The Civil Rights Movement How Civil was it

The Civil Rights Movement: How Civil was it? By Amy Duhig

John Hancock wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”

And yet, over 150 years later, how much has really changed?

Drinking fountain, 1938

Segregated Drinking Fountains, 1962

A cafe in North Carolina, 1940

Waiting at a North Carolina Station, 1940

Waiting at a Memphis Bus Station, 1943

Rosa Parks, 1956

Little Rock Students, 1957

Little Rock Central High School, 1959

Political cartoon, 1963

Civil Rights March, 1963

Civil Rights March, 1963

Damaged Trailers in Birmingham, 1963

Dannela Bryant, Birmingham, 1963

Fire Hoses in Birmingham, 1963

More Fire Hoses in Birmingham, 1963

Young Civil Rights Protestors in Birmingham, 1963

Questions Which primary source did you connect with the most? Why? � What type of connection did you make with it? Explain your answer. � What do you want to know more about this specific picture? List at least three questions you still have. �

Questions to Ponder Do inhumanity and cruelty exist in the world today? How so? � What could each of us do to reach out to prevent it? � Is this still a problem today? Why or why not? �

Resources � The Library of Congress � http: //hdl. loc. gov/loc. pnp/fsa. 8 a 33793 � http: //loc. gov/pictures/resource/ppmsc. 00199 � http: //loc. gov/pictures/resource/fsa. 8 d 33404/ � http: //www. loc. gov/pictures/item/2003688160/ � http: //www. loc. gov/pictures/item/94500293/ � http: //www. loc. gov/exhibits/brown/brown-aftermath. html � http: //www. loc. gov/pictures/item/2003688164/ � http: //hdl. loc. gov/loc. pnp/cph. 3 c 26447 � http: //www. loc. gov/pictures/item/2003654358/ � http: //www. loc. gov/pictures/item/00650612/ � http: //lcweb 2. loc. gov/service/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00216 v. jpg

Resources Continued � Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement: The Children’s Crusade: Birmingham, 1963 � http: //www. crmvet. org/images/imgbham. htm