WEEK 12 Journal 45 n Plessy v Ferguson

WEEK 12 Journal 45 n. Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education 1. What do they have in common? n 2. How are they different? n

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT SECTION 1 THE MOVEMENT BEGINS

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1875 n Outlawed segregation in public places n Ruled unconstitutional in 1883

PLESSY v. FERGUSON n 1890 - 1896 n Louisiana n railroad

JIM CROW LAWS n Segregation laws u Interracial marriages u Separate schools u Street cars u Waiting rooms u Elevators u Witness stands u Restrooms u Water fountains

TWO TYPES OF SEGREGATION n De Facto u Tradition n De Jure u By law n Migration north to escape discrimination u Didn’t work

NAACP n 1909 n WEB Du. Bois n Work through the court system to address civil rights issues

NEW DEAL n Brought relief

WORLD WAR II n n n n Set the stage Job openings Served in armed forces Returning veterans. . . Civil Rights organizations fought for changes FDR prohibited discrimination in federal agencies and war industries Truman integrated the entire armed forces

n Congress n Sit-ins of Racial Equality

THURGOOD MARSHALL n 1938 - Recruited to bring segregation cases before Supreme Court n 23 years BROWN n 29 of 32 cases V. n Most famous case BOARD OF EDUCATION BROWN II

SOUTHERN MANIFESTO n Result of Brown cases n Southern congress members issued manifesto u. Resist integration “by all lawful means”

EMMETT TILL n Summer 1955 n Money, MS

MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT Considered to mark n Dec 1, 1955 the beginning of the civil rights movement n Rosa Parks n Martin Luther King led group u December 5, 1955 u Supreme Court ruled in 1956 u December 21, 1956 u 381 days ECONOMIC

MARTIN LUTHER KING’S PHILOSOPHY n SOUL FORCE n Thoreau u Civil disobedience n Randolph u Organizing techniques n Gandhi u Non violence n Jesus u Love enemies

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE n Founded by ministers and C R leaders n Ella Baker n Purpose u. Carry out non-violent crusades against the evils of second class citizenship

EISENHOWER AND CIVIL RIGHTS n Enforcer n Little Rock Nine u. Sept. 1957 u. Gov. Faubus u. Elizabeth Eckford

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957 n First since reconstruction n Gave Federal Government authority over violations of African American voting rights

SECTION 2 CHALLENGING SEGREGATION

SIT-INS n Greensboro n Jesse Jackson / NC n Jackson, MS

Week 12 Journal 46 The immediate need for federal troops is urgent. The mob is much larger in numbers at 8 am than at any time yesterday. . . Situation is out of control and police cannot disperse the mob. . Action by you will restore peace and order and compliance with your proclamation. Telegram from mayor of Little Rock 1. Who was this telegram sent to? 2. What action was taken by the recipient?

STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE n Wanted things to happen quicker n More confrontational n Ella Baker and Marion Barry

FANNIE LOU HAMER n 1964 n Freedom Democratic Party n National Democratic Convention

FREEDOM RIDERS n 1961 n CORE n Washington DC to South u. Montgomery u. Bull Conner – Birmingham

JFK AND CIVIL RIGHTS n Campaigned to support Civil Rights u Martin Luther King – jail n However - once in office… u Did not push n Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity u Stop federal bureaucracy from discriminating in hiring and promoting

JAMES MEREDITH n September 1962 n Ole Miss n Gov. Barnett n JFK

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA APRIL 3, 1963 n Cuban Missile Crisis – Oct. 1962 n King meets with leaders u How to desegregate city n April 12 Convinced JFK n May 2 a Civil Rights u Bull Connor bill was needed n May 3 n TV cameras June 11

June 11, 1963 n Are we to say to the world and much more importantly to each other - - that this is the land of the free, except for the Negros? ”

MEDGAR EVERS n June 11, 1963 n Byron De La Beckwith

MARCH ON WASHINGTON n August 28, 1963 n 250, 000 / 75, 000 n Support for the Civil Rights Bill n King’s “I Have a Dream” speech

JFK’S ASSASSINATION n November 22, 1963

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 n Filibuster cloture n July 2, 1964 n Signed by LBJ n Prohibited segregation in public places because of race, religion, national origin, or gender u

STRUGGLE FOR VOTING RIGHTS n SNCC focused on this issue n 24 th Amendment

FREEDOM SUMMER n Summer of 1964 n Robert Moses n Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner

SELMA MARCH n 1965 n½ Of population n 3% of voters n King’s plan n By end of January >2000 arrested

n Sheriff Jim Clark n Jimmie Lee Jackson n 54 mile march to Montgomery n Bloody Sunday – March 7, 1965 u 600 n Johnson calls for congress to… n Sunday March 21 u 3000 set out u Only 250 u 25, 000

VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 n Eliminated literacy test to vote n Voting population changed – 1964 1968 10% 60% n Selma n Mississippi 7% 67%

SECTION 3 NEW ISSUES

FOCUS OF THE MOVEMENT n De jure segregation n De facto segregation

WATTS RIOT n Aug 11, 1965 n Los Angeles n Drunk driver n 6 days n 34 killed n $30 million

DETROIT RIOT n 1967 n Burning, n 43 looting, skirmishes dead n 1000 wounded n 4000 fires – 1300 buildings n $250 million in damages

KERNER COMMISSION n Study. Never causesendorsed of urbanby violence Johnson - - -cause racism is the Great Society and n 1 - nation moving to 2 societies Vietnam War n 2 - called for creation of new jobs and housing n 3 - called for an end to de facto n White

CHICAGO MOVEMENT n King and his wife

MALCOLM X n Malcolm Little – 1925 n Jail 1945 n Elijah Muhammad n Nation of Islam n 1952 n His message u Armed Self Defense – Quote n Mecca u New message n Feb 21, 1965

BULLETS FOR BALLOTS n Give us ballots or you will get bullets

JUNE 1966 n Meredith’s march from Memphis to Jackson u. Aubrey James Norvell n Stokley Carmichael SNCC, Mc. Kissic CORE and MLK

BLACK POWER n Greenwood, MS n Carmichael’s rhetoric n SNCC would not recruit…

BLACK PANTHERS n Political party to fight police brutality in the ghetto n They wanted – u Control of African Am communities u Full employment u Decent housing u Black military exemption

n Raised money by u Selling Mao Zedong’s writings n Taught armed revolt n Tactics were questioned n Good things…. . n Carmichael changed support from SNCC

AIM – American Indian Movement Compared to the Black Panthers n Occupied Alcatraz and Wounded Knee n More militant approach to push for rights n

APRIL 3, 1968 n King ‘s speech in Memphis u Quote – old book n April 4, 1968 u James Earl Ray n Robert Kennedy – speech n Urban Rioting n June of 1968

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968 n Banned housing discrimination in

n n WEEK 12 JOURNAL 47 What would the leader in this photograph most likely say regarding the Civil Rights Movement? Copy the statement he would have said. 1. The CR Movement was a failure because no major antisegregation legislation was passed. 2. A direct, nonviolent approach towards change is the best way to achieve equality 3. Civil disobedience can never work; it is not an effective method to achieve political change. 4. Groups like the Black Panthers are necessary to the movement because they are not afraid to use force.

WEEK 12 Journal 47 n Read the quotes on the bottom of page 8 of the booklet on your desk. n Answer the following in your journal: n 1. Which statement do you find the most disturbing? WHY? n 2. Which statement do you find the most encouraging WHY?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT n De jure segregation n De facto segregation n African American education n African American pride n TV shows n Elected officials n Affirmative Action u Reverse discrimination

Jim Crow Laws Little Rock Nine Civil Rights Act of 1964 De Facto Segregation Stokley Carmichael Black Panthers WW II and Civil Rights Martin Luther King Literacy Tests Southern Manifesto Fannie Lou Hamer NAACP and Marshall Affirmative Power Emmett Till Plessy v. Ferguson Kerner Commission Voting Rights Act of 1965 Black Power Malcolm X Montgomery Bus Boycott Civil Rights Act of 1968 Poll Tax President Truman and Civil Rights James Meredith Freedom Summer Medgar Evers James Earl Ray