Civil Rights Movement

1. After Rosa Parks’ arrest, what was the next step taken to protest segregation?

2. How would you describe the approach Martin Luther King Jr. took toward protesting?

Warm-up

Today I will be able to analyze the causes for the American Civil Rights Movement by constructing a short response.

Content Objective

Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King elected as leader

House was bombed 381 days of walking and carpools

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Bus Boycott

How did the bus boycott end?

“Don’t let anyone pull you so low as to hate them.”- MLK

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Tortured and killed for flirting with white girl

Funeral with open casket

Emmett Till

Birmingham Bombing

Students believed change happening too slowlySit-insRegistered

blacks to vote

SNCC ("snick")

Snick

Challenged non-enforcement of bus desegregation on interstate trips

Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders

In a short constructed response, explain the risks involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Would you have participated. Why or why not? Explain your response.

Exit Ticket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FranrEa8vg