The Civil Rights Movement1960-1978: Ordinary People

Bell Ringer

Review introduction packet to the CRM.

Complete the essential questions.

Objectives

Describe the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Observe and study King’s use of figurative language in his “I Have a Dream” speech

Identify inequities that still exist in the United States

Amendments in Action: Discussion To what extent was the First

Amendment important during the civil rights movement in the United States? Why might people want to

assemble?

Brown v. Board of Education

Plessy v. Ferguson establishes “separate but equal”

NAACP supported case to challenge segregation

As a result…segregation is declared ILLEGAL

Showdown in Little Rock Desegregation

moves slow Begins with

admission of nine students

National Guard forced to protect students

Little Rock Nine faces frequent harassment

Ernest Green is the first to graduate

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Parks refuses to give up her seat MLK Jr. is MIA rep. Parks sparked the

protest, King inspired unity

Nonviolent protests work

South could not reverse the trend

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Crime to prevent qualified people from voting

Nonviolence in Action

Southern Christian Leadership Conference is dedicated to end discrimination Leader: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee demonstrate their feelings through sit-ins

Congress of Racial Equality work as Freedom Riders through the South

Continued Struggles

The admission of James Meredith seems positive until the death of Medgar Evers

“Meeting nonviolence with nonviolence” in Albany, Georgia Why let King go?

Birmingham protests result in violence, police attack back MLK’s letter, what does it mean?

Persuasion in Speaking

Why were people willing to believe and follow MLK? What is his credibility?

Perception influences how much we believe or are convinced by what the person has to say

Rhetoric = the art of writing or speaking effectively Present examples of the three principles

Persuasion in Speaking

Ethos: the source's credibility, the speaker's/author's authority

Logos: the logic used to support a claim (induction and deduction); can also be the facts and statistics used to help support the argument.

Pathos: the emotional or motivational appeals; vivid language, emotional language and numerous sensory details.

KING – The Man

Activity

Students will be watching the movie King – while doing so will keep track of all the significant events in his life. Next, students will come up with 5 adjectives to describe MLK, Jr. and explain why those adjectives work.

Martin Luther King: The Man Graduated from a segregated

school in Georgia at 15 At 25 became a pastor in

Alabama Member of the NAACP Elected president of the SCLC

in 1957 At 35 became the youngest to

receive the Nobel Peace Prize

March on Washington: Facts Title: “March on Washington for

Jobs and Freedom” August 28, 1963 Devoted to freedom of all

Americans Speak of what the U.S. could be

and should be Battle met with challenges along

the way (JFK) Was it a success???

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Famous Speech in Washington

Who took part in this march???

How many people???

Attended by 250,000 protesters

Listening to the Speech

Write down 5-7 words or phrases of the speech that stands out to you.

Work as a group to develop a “found poem” by combining your list of words of phrases in any order that you want.

Similarities that ExistMy Country ‘Tis of Thee My country ‘tis of

thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim’s pride, from every mountainside. Let freedom ring!

America the Beautiful Oh beautiful, for

spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains’ majesty above the fruited plain. America! America! God shed his grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.

Discussion Question

What inequalities exist in America today?

Has Dr. King’s dream been realized or is it yet to come true?

The Civil Rights Movement1960-1978: Voting Rights

Objectives

Explain why early efforts to register voters in Mississippi failed.

Relate why the Freedom Summer project met with limited success.

Describe how the Selma protest led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

Registering Voters

Kennedy underestimated the extent of opposition

Very few registered to vote in Miss. Efforts result in mobs and murder

The Voter Education Project led “freedom elections”

A New Approach

The 24th Amendment bans the poll tax

Volunteers work to help with Freedom Summer Death of white volunteers shocks

the nation Limited gains, only 1,600 added

to voting rolls Fannie Lou Hamer leads to

MFDP to earn delegates

Selma and the Voting Rights Act King led activists in Selma, AL

to register black men and women to vote

Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” makes Congress quickly respond with the Voting Rights Act

Video: Bridge to Freedom Kennedy Library – Eye’s on the

Prize

The Civil Rights Movement1960-1978: Challenges for the Movement

Bell Ringer

Go to page 640 to read through the primary sources.

Analyze/evaluate these sources and complete the Document Based Questions on page 641.

Objectives

Describe how Malcolm X’s message differed from that of other leaders of the civil rights movement in the early 1960s.

Explain why nonviolent protest and the goal of racial integration lost support.

New Directions

Nation of Islam is formed by “militants” Black Muslims emphasized

supremacy of blacks over other races

Elijah Muhammad preached a message of black nationalism

Many reject last names and replace with the letter “X”

Principles of self-discipline and self-reliance

Malcolm X – Malcolm Little

Hatred of whites comes from an early experience

Freedom should be brought by “any means necessary” Supported

separatism A trip to Mecca

creates a new path and a deadly ending

Comparing ViewsViews of Mainstream Civil Rights leaders Views of Malcolm X

Civil rights will be obtained through1. Nonviolence2. Integration

Civil rights will be obtained through1. “any means

necessary”2. Black separatism

The Movement Fractures

Stokely Carmichael calls for “Black Power”

Black Panther Party calls for self-defense groups Negative affect on

white Americans Consequences???

Tragic Events

Mixed reactions with integration spread through America

Kerner Commission points out white racism

MLK protest misuse of government spending Poor People’s

Campaign Sad day in

Memphis, TN

The Civil Rights Movement1960-1978

Objectives

Describe the problems many leading African American organizations encountered in the early 1970s.

Explain effects of Supreme Court decisions on busing and affirmative action programs.

A Crisis in Direction

The SCLC learned that the movement came to an end with Resurrection City

Black Panthers and Black Muslims suffered from internal conflicts

Backlash

Busing becomes a means to integrate schools Limited by the Supreme Court

Businesses use affirmative action to compensate for discrimination University of California v.

Bakke

Successes of the Movement Carl Stokes becomes the first

black man elected mayor of Cleveland

Voting helped in the 1976 elections

Economic gains (businesses) and increased enrollment at the university level

Assignment

End of Course Assessment Pg. 649 (1-20)