Guided Notes: Civil Rights Movement

Segregation in America:

_______________ is the separation of people

according to race or ethnicity.

Although _____________abolished slavery.

African Americans were not treated fairly in the
U.S.

A division by ______ became the law.

De jure Segregation: ___________________

De facto Segregation:___________________

Plessy V. Ferguson

Plessy V. Ferguson decision 1896 Supreme

Court rules that “_________________” facilities
for different races is legal. Gives legal approval
to Jim Crow laws.

Jim Crow Laws-_________________________

 Brown V Board of Education of
Topeka 1954

In 1954 Linda Brown’s parents wanted

her to attend the school close to her
home.
Kansas law stated she had to attend a
____________that was further from her
home.
NAACP(National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People) and attorney____________ tested
the law and took it to the Supreme Court.
This case __________ separate but equal.
Making it________________________ schools for Black and White
kids.

Little Rock Nine

A group of Nine students enrolled in

_____________________________1957.

These kids tested the new law of

______________ that had passed in
1954.

City Governor of Arkansas first blocked

their entrance.

President ______________ sent in troops to escort them for a year.

Unfortunately, the kids were bullied by the adults outside and students
inside the school.
 Emmett Till

Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was

murdered _____________________ in Mississippi.

After whistling he was grabbed in the middle of the

night and murdered.

Killers were ____________ by the jury

Till's mother made her sons death viral for the

world to see.

Caught the worlds attention on the horrors people

in the ______ lived.

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks worked for the
_______________________________ vote.

In 1955 she sat in the back of a bus when the bus

driver obligated her to stand for the White folks.

She ________________ and did not move because

she was sitting in the colored section.

She was forced out and arrested.

Started the Montgomery ________________.

 Montgomery Bus Boycott

Park's arrest sparks a _____________

This meant African Americans avoided

taking the _________________ to run
the buses out of money,

African Americans brought the most

_______________________, it created
a a large impact.

This was led by Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King

Baptist Minister that becomes the Leader in
the ______________________ until his death
in 1968.

He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955

Led ______________________________
and did not fight back counter attacks.

People could also hear Dr. King’s inspiring

speeches. He was a __________________ who knew how to change
people’s hearts and minds.

October 14, 1964, Martin Luther King won the _____________

through nonviolent resistance.

He helped organize the ______________________, where he

delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil rights leaders used _________________________ to change the
U.S.

Because of the Civil Rights movement,

__________ passed the Civil Rights Act of
1964.

By ______________________ in public
facilities such as restrooms, restaurants,
buses, movie theaters, and swimming pools.

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