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| The following slides are to be used in a power point presentation covering the unit on Civil Rights. Along with the presentation, students will research documents pertaining to that period, listen to speeches, and watch documentaries about Civil Rights. The student will be presented a broad view on the events that occurred between the end of the Civil War and the end of the Modern Civil Rights Movement. It is expected that this unit will take a full two weeks to cover, as it is one of the most important movements to shape our country. |
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| Slide 1 of 84 This slide introduces the unit to be covered in the upcoming weeks. |
| Slide 7 of 84 The South After 1865 This slide discusses the economic losses the South felt after the Civil War. It explains that the planter elite lost massive amounts of assets due to the war. It was because of this, the economy the South relied on, and the poor infrastructure that kept the South from recovering quickly after the war. |
| Slide 15 of 84 End of Reconstruction The Compromise of 1877 allowed Democrats to regain control of the former Confederacy. Blacks, who had begun to make progress during Reconstruction, lost the protection Federal troops provided. In the period immediately following the Compromise the South instituted Jim Crow. |
| Slide 53 of 84 The Dixiecrats The election of 1948 demonstrated that the South was no longer solidly Democratic. Shifts in the national platform forced segregationists such as Strom Thurmond to break away from the Democratic Party and organize under an old mantra: the States' Rights Party, also known as the "Dixiecrats". |
| Slide 57 of 84 Rosa Parks The NAACP sought a citizen in Montgomery, Alabama who was beyond reproach. This citizen would instigate a bus boycott, simply by refusing to leave her seat on a bus. The NAACP selected Rosa Parks to fill that role. The ensuing boycott led city leaders in Montgomery to desegregate, ensuring that blacks had equal rights on all public buses. Selected to run the boycott was a young pastor from Atlanta named Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Slide 76 of 84 Violence at Selma, Alabama As blacks marched across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, they were met by a group of white law enforcement officers who told them to turn back and disperse. When the marchers refused to do so, the police descended on the group. The resulting pictures and footage of the violence sparked national sympathy for the Civil Rights movement. |
| Documents for Study: Emancipation Proclamation Louisiana Black Codes Mississippi Black Codes Post Civil War Amendments Plessy v. Ferguson Decision Brown v. Board Decision Inauguration Address of George Wallace Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I have a dream.... The Rehabilitation of George Wallace Little Rock Integration 45 Years Later |
| Audio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I have a dream.... |