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The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement • 1. How would you feel if you were not

The Civil Rights Movement • 1. How would you feel if you were not able to eat at a restaurant because of the color of your skin? • 2. Discrimination- unfair treatment based on prejudice • 3. Segregation- the separation of white society and African American society in public places • 4. “Jim Crow” laws- name for segregation laws – Ex: Poll Tax

Brown v. Board of Education • 5. Civil Rights- rights to full citizenship and

Brown v. Board of Education • 5. Civil Rights- rights to full citizenship and equality under law • 6. Plessy v. Ferguson. Supreme court case that stated “separate but equal” was ok • 7. Brown v. Board of Education- (1954)- called for integration of schools and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson decision – Video

Civil Rights Movement • 8. Montgomery Bus • 10. Sit-ins- sitting at all Boycott-

Civil Rights Movement • 8. Montgomery Bus • 10. Sit-ins- sitting at all Boycott- African lunch counters for all Americans refused to ride whites and refusing to buses until segregation on leave until they were buses was outlawed served. – Rosa Parks sparked the • 11. “Freedom Rides”boycott volunteers rode in the • 9. Nonviolent Protestdeep south on buses to peaceful protest against test the integration laws believed to be unfair • 12. Civil Rights Act of – Martin Luther King 1964 - banned segregation preached about this idea in stores, restaurants, hotels, and theaters

Civil Rights Movement • 13. Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned the unfair use

Civil Rights Movement • 13. Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned the unfair use of literacy tests for voting • 14. Hate crimes- violent acts against people because of a group they belong to – Racial Profiling • 15. Affirmative Action- policy meant to increase the number of minorities and women at work and college • 16. Native Americans also suffered injustice – Native American Indian Movement • 17. Chicano Movementformed by Mexican Americans to fight segregation against this group in the southwest – Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta • 18. National Organization for Women- formed to help women’s rights movement • 19. ERA- Equal Rights Amendment-didn’t pass • 20. Disabilities Act- protects the rights of disabled person s in the workplace and other public places

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