UNIT 9: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT:
Movements for Equality (1954 - 1968)
Unit Thesis:
May 4 - May 8, 2020 ~ Distance Learning Week #6:
THE LEGACY OF
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
FOCUS QUESTION:
Compare and Contrast the methods used by activists in the 1950s and 1960s to fight for the ideals of equality, rights, liberty, and opportunity in America.
How effective were the various strategies used during the Civil Rights Movement.
Unity and Division within the Civil Rights Movement
Was the Civil Rights Movement united or divided?
The March on Washington
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Black Power
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Differing Perspectives: Comparing Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
What did the two Civil Rights leaders think about being an American and living in the United States? What did they think about blacks and whites working together? What were their goals for African Americans in the United States? How did their language and approaches differ?
April 27 - May 1, 2020 ~ Distance Learning Week #5:
THE EARLY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
FOCUS QUESTION: (to be continued with next week's assignments)
Compare and Contrast the methods used by activists in the 1950s and 1960s to fight for the ideals of equality, rights, liberty, and opportunity in America.
How effective were the various strategies used during the Civil Rights Movement.
The Civil Rights Movement:
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Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement: Article
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Significant Events of the Early Civil Rights Movement
What is the most significant achievement of the early Civil Rights Movement?
How did each event influence the course of the Civil Rights Movement?
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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The Death of Emmett Till
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A. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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CRM: Lecture Notes | |
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CRM PowerPoint Lecture | |
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Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education: The Supreme Court and Civil Rights
Examine the facts, issues, decisions and effects of Supreme Court rulings in regard to civil rights in the United States.
"Warriors Don't Cry" - Melba Patillo Beals and
The Little Rock 9
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Why did the boycott succeed?
Click here for source materials used in the lesson
The Principles of Nonviolence: SNCC and CORE
Nonviolence | |
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MLK's "Letter from the Birmingham Jail"
Martin Luther King's famous letter was published in 1963 in The Atlantic as "The Negro is Your Brother" and excerpted in the link below. It was written in response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South. It stands as one of the classic documents of the civil rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/martin-luther-kings-letter-from-birmingham-jail/274668/
Read the full text of the letter here.
Civil Rights Movement - Silent Gallery Walk
Click here for Student Handout Chronological Sort
Click to listen to Malcolm Gladwell's Podcast, Revisionist History, to hear the backstory on the "Foot Soldier of Birmingham"
Differing Perspectives: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
Compare and Contrast the ideas of MLK and MX as they worked to achieve a better future for African Americans in the United States.
MLK and MX Speeches | |
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The assignment references, Malcolm X's "God's Judgement" Speech which can be view in its entirety here.
http://www.malcolm-x.org/speeches/spc_06__63.htm
http://www.malcolm-x.org/speeches/spc_06__63.htm
Excerpts from Malcolm X's famous
"The Ballot or the Bullet" Speech, March 1964 |
Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" Speech, August 1963
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Historian's Essay - The Civil Rights Movement: Major Events and Legacies by James T. Patterson
CRM: Major Events and Legacies | |
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