The Civil Rights Movement Outline presentation Introduction Content Historical context of Civil Rights Movement Some of significant movement The Success and Limitations of the Civil Rights Movement Quiz Historical context The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were suppose to protect the rights of African Americans under the U.S. Constitution… But they did not because of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court…

1. The Civil Rights
Movement

2. Outline
presentation
I. Introduction
II. Content
1. Historical context of
Civil Rights Movement
2. Some of significant
movement
3. The Success and
Limitations of the Civil
Rights Movement
III. Quiz

3. 1. Historical context
• The 13th, 14th and 15th
Amendments were
suppose to protect the
rights of African
Americans under the
U.S. Constitution…
• But they did not because
of a ruling by the U.S.
Supreme Court…

4. Homer Plessy
U.S. Supreme Court case
that made segregation legal
in the United States
Established the
principle of
“separate but
equal”
PLESSY v. FERGUSON (1896)

5. “Separate but equal”
meant that minorities
were not allowed in the
same places as whites
Southern states passed laws
that legalized segregation
known as “Jim Crow” laws
PLESSY v. FERGUSON (1896)

6. For the next 70 years,
Jim Crow laws
dominated society in
the South for African
Americans
Segregation became the
way of life for blacks in
the South until…

7. BROWN v. BOARD
of EDUCATION (1954)
Ruling overturned the
ruling in Plessy v.
Ferguson case and
outlawed segregation
in public schools
African American girl
sued for the right to go
to the school of her
choice – and WON!

8. BROWN v. BOARD of EDUCATION
Supreme Court ruled
segregation of public
schools was
unconstitutional
Ruling gave improved
educational opportunities
to African Americans

9. BROWN v. BOARD of EDUCATION
NAACP attorney
Thurgood Marshall
(center) argued the
case to end
segregation
Marshall later became the first African
American on the U.S. Supreme Court

10. Rosa Parks refuses to move to
the back of the bus
The Movement Begins
Parks is arrested,
leading to the…

11. Montgomery Bus Boycott
Outraged over Park’s arrest, African
Americans organize a boycott of
Montgomery’s Public Transportation
System in 1956
African Americans
carpooled, took
taxis, or walked to
avoid taking the bus
After a year, the city
of Montgomery was
ordered to end its
segregation policyAfrican Americans carpooling during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956

12. A leader emerges
The person who led the Montgomery Bus
Boycott was a Baptist minister from Atlanta.
His name was Martin Luther King, Jr.
The boycott of the busing system
of Montgomery gained King
national prominence MLK leaving a bus after the boycott ends

13. Martin Luther King, Jrt.
• Born in Atlanta, GA
• Southern Baptist Minister
• Led Montgomery Bus
Boycott
• Leader of the Civil Rights
Movement
• Often compared to Mohandas Gandhi
• Advocated non-violent protests
• Urged followers to disobey unjust
laws
• Was arrested 30 times

14. . . . there comes a
time when people
get tired of being
trampled over by
the iron feet of
oppression.
… I want it to be known that we’re going
to work with grim and bold determination
to gain justice on the buses in this city.
And we are not wrong... -- MLK
King following his first arrest
Martin Luther King:
A powerful speaker

15. Nonviolent Direct Action Protest
sit-ins movement

16. Leaders : Martin Luther King Jr
Locations: At Greensboro, North Carolina
Time: 1960s
Participants: A group of African-American
students
The goal: Sit-ins raised the awareness of the
discrimination that was occurring

17. Sit-ins
Blacks were denied
Students who participated in
the sit-ins refused to become
violent
They sat at the counter until
they were served or arrested
service at lunch counters
“Sit-in” sit at racially segregated
lunch counters in the city's stores.

18. Result of Sit-ins
• The sit-ins had been successful in ending
segregation at lunch counters in 27 southern
cities. Martin Luther King Jr. was gaining
national notoriety.

19. The March A documentary goes behind the scenes to the roots and organization of the
March on Washington for civil rights 50 years ago this week. It will be shown on
Tuesday night on PBS (check local listings).
• 1963 was
noted for
racial
unrest
and civil
rights
demonstr
ations
BIRMINGHAM AND THE MARCH
ON WASHINGTON

20. 1. Passage of meaningful civil rights legislation;
2. Immediate elimination of school segregation;
3. A program of public works, including job training, for the
unemployed;
4. A Federal law prohibiting discrimination in public or private hiring;
5. A $2-an-hour minimum wage nationwide;
6. Withholding Federal funds from programs that tolerate
discrimination;
7. Enforcement of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution by reducing
congressional representation from States that disenfranchise citizens.
8. A broadened Fair Labor Standards Act to currently excluded
employment areas.
9. Authority for the Attorney General to institute injunctive suits when
constitutional rights are violated.

21. 1. The
Birmingham
protests
2. passage of
new civil
rights
legislatio

24. result passage of the
Civil Rights
Act of 1964
This legislation outlawed
segregation in public facilities
and racial discrimination in
employment and education.

25. Why did the civil rights movement
succeed?
 The goals of the civil rights movement were
assimilation.
 The perceived legitimacy of the goals of the movement
also opened up the possibility of alliances with other
groups.
 Widespread and sympathetic coverage from the mass
media.

26. Why did the civil rights movement
succeed?
 The continuing industrialization and urbanization of the
society as a whole and the South in particular weakened
the Jim Crow laws.
 Some of the economic prosperity found its way into
African American communities and increased their pool
of economic and political resources.

27. The success and limitations of the civil
rights movement
• The success
They got rid of the Jim Crow laws.
Black males gained the right to vote.
Discrimination of renting or sale of housing was rid
of by the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
The Civil Rights act of 1964 banned discrimination
in employment and in public accommodations.

28. The success and limitations of the civil
rights movement
• The limitation
The mindset and ideologies of white supremacist
followers could not be changed.
The Civil Rights movement was not able to
desegregate housing and residential areas.
Ever increasing incarceration rates of blacks.

30. 1. The multifaceted campaign to end legalized
segregation and lessen the inequalities faced by
African Americans was known as:
A. The Civil Rights Movement
B. The Assimilationist Movement
C. The De Facto Segregation Movement
D. The Black Power Movement
E. The Nonviolent Protest Movement

31. 2. Which of the following continues to be an
inescapable reality for millions of African Americans
in the United States?
A. health poverty
B. poor care
C. residential segregation
D. subtle racism
E. All of the above

32. 3. Both the Civil Rights movement and the Black
Power movement tended to be dominated by:
A. Elderly
B. Politicians
C. Men
D. Immigrants
E. Women

33. References:
• http://www.history.com/topics/black-
history/slavery
• http://www.biography.com/people/martin-
luther-king-jr-9365086