Module 7 Honors Assignment

1. Lexi Malpass
CIVIL RIGHTS ERA &
POST-WAR AMERICA

2. This was a United States court case focusing on
segregated schools for colored and white youth.
This is the court case that overturned the earlier
Plessy v. Ferguson, which ruled that separate but
equal was constitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education proved that
“separate but equal” was not truly equal. This
was a major event in the Civil Rights Movement
because it allowed for integration of races in all
schools to begin. But just because it was legal did
not mean colored children stopped being
criticized for attending a “white” school. This
was only the beginning.
BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION
1952-54

3. Rosa Parks is most famous for her
refusal to give up her seat on the
bus. All “white” seats were full, and
she was asked to give up her colored
seat for a boarding white passenger,
to which she refused.
She was then arrested,
unknowingly about to start a whole
new movement of protest. The
Montgomery Bus boycott began
promptly. She would later become a
leader of the Civil Rights
movement.
ROSA PARKS - ARRESTED
1955

4. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
occurred in Montgomery, Alabama,
where segregated buses were law. In
protest of Rosa Parks being arrested,
thousands of protestors in
Montgomery and beyond began to
boycott city buses. The boycott lasted
over a year until Montgomery passed a
law stating that black passengers could
sit anywhere. This boycott was
organized by many important leaders
like Martin Luther King Jr.
MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
1956

5. Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous activist
during the Civil Rights era, specifically
toward the rights of colored people. He
began activity during the Montgomery Bus
Boycott. He faced being arrested and hated
by many to get his messages across, and
served as a figure for the colored
community. His overall method was peaceful
protest, unlike many other protestors of this
time. His contribution to Civil Rights is not
forgotten today.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
1955-68

6. The Little Rock Nine refers to the
nine colored students enrolled in
Little Rock Central High School.
Their enrollment caused the Little
Rock Crisis, where they were refused
enrollment. Eisenhower intervened
and the students were allowed entry
into the school, as it was technically
legal. The nine students would be
escorted around by soldiers while
they attended. The students faced
many challenges and brought many
issues to the public eye.
LITTLE ROCK NINE
1957

7. The Greensboro sit-ins were a series
of non-violent protests that took place
in Greensboro, North Carolina at the
Woolworth department store. Colored
male students sat at the counter and
refused to move, demanding recognition
in a peaceful way. Over time, more
students joined. Though these were not
the first sit-ins, they were the most
prominent and successful.
GREENSBORO SIT-INS
1960

8. The March on Washington is
today one of the largest rallies for
human rights ever held. Martin
Luther King Jr. delivered his famous
“I Have a Dream” speech at the
Washington Monument, telling his
piece on racism and why it should
end. Some say that because of this
huge rally, the Civil Right Act of
1964 is passed easier. This was a big
success for the Civil Rights
Movement.
MARCH ON WASHINGTON
1963

9. This United States act was
passed to make it officially illegal
to discriminate based on race or
gender in any way. Segregation
was officially ended in schools
and in the workplace as well.
Initially, this law was not
enforced properly, but would
later be strengthened. This was a
huge step in the movement and
would lead to greater things in
the future.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

10. Freedom Summer was held in
Mississippi in an attempt to register
as many black voters as possible as
well as develop new freedom
schools, community areas, and
housing to aid the previously
neglected black population. This
angered a lot of white radicals, and
provoked violence from the Ku
Klux Klan, among others. Many
were arrested, and even beaten or
killed during this ten week project.
FREEDOM SUMMER
1964

11. Following the Civil Rights Act, the
Voting Rights Act came to be a year
later. This allowed for all races to
participate in the voting process of a
presidential election. It also made it
easier for non-English speaking
Americans to take part. Previously,
literacy tests were required for voting.
This act is considered to be the most
effective civil rights legislation in US
history.
VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965

12. In the United States, the Latino
Movement covered a broad range of
issues. Mexican immigrants were not
receiving proper American rights, but
were instead receiving discrimination.
They fought for land grants, voting rights,
Latino education, and against stereotypes
all too common in American media.
Latinos reminded America of its failure
to live up to the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, that promised full citizenship.
They reclaimed the term “Chicano”
which originally was a derogatory term
for sons and daughters of immigrants.
LATINO MOVEMENT
(CHICANO MOVEMENT)

13. The African-American Movement was
all about the end of segregation in
schools, public communities and in the
workplace among other things. The
blacks led major campaigns of resistance
in many kinds. Some were violent in
manor, like the Black Panthers and their
“Black Power”. Some were more
peaceful such as Martin Luther King Jr.
and his boycotts and sit-ins as well as
eloquent speeches. They fought for their
own rights as well as the rights of their
children, and before long, the Civil
Rights Act was passed and began a turn
around for the country.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOVEMENT

14. The Feminist Movement was about
fighting for the rights of women across
America and the rest of the world.
Women were no longer content being
held down by their husbands, or
expected to have a husband in the first
place. Women were limited in jobs and in
legal rights to property as well as in
court. Women were not paid as much for
the same jobs as a man. The American
women fought for legal gender equality
just as Latinos and African-Americans
fought for racial equality.
FEMINIST MOVEMENT

15. This was a social movement that
started in the 60’s in response to the
Civil Rights Movement.
Counterculture was all about
turning against social norms. The
most well-known branch of
counterculture is the hippie
community, who protested war,
segregation, and promoted peace
and a simple life. Counterculture
fought for the rights of all, as most
of equal rights was against society
at that time.
COUNTERCULTURE
60’S AND 70’S

16. Roe vs. Wade is a famous court case in
the US regarding the subject of abortion
in law. It made abortion legal to a certain
extent because at the time of
conception, the fetus is still a part of a
woman’s body, stating that the right to an
unborn child is the women’s decision
only. Since this court case, many
attempts to make abortion illegal have
been turned down as unconstitutional.
This issue was brought forth by the
feminist and counterculture movements.
ROE VS. WADE
1973

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