Segregation to Integration

Cause and Effect

Presentation Goals

* Overview of Civil Rights EventsLooking at events that led from segregation to integrationThe events we will be examining are Plessy v. Ferguson, Jim Crow Laws,

WWII discrimination, Brown v. Board of Education, and the Little Rock Nine

*Focus on cause and effectsOur target idea will be cause/effect situations

* Check for UnderstandingA short quiz will be at the end of this lesson to check your understanding

about the events and cause/effect idea

Segregation to Integration TimelinePlessy v. Ferguson1896

Little Rock NineSeptember 1957

Brown v. Board of EducationMay 17, 1954

Jim Crow Laws1877-1960s

Segregation Integration

WWII1941-1945

Plessy v. Ferguson

• 1896

• Supreme Court Case

• Ruled that “separate but equal” was constitutional (legal)

• Allowed Jim Crow Laws

Jim Crow Laws

• Laws created aimed at separating the races

• Forbade interracial marriage

•Established separate schools, waiting rooms, elevators, restrooms, etc

WWII Discrimination

• Black men continued to be restricted to inferior jobs

• In the military segregation was persistent

• Fighting in Europe against the Nazis for others’ rights inspired African Americans to fight for their own!

Brown v. Board of Education

• 1954

• Supreme Court Decision

• Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson = SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL

• Little Rock, Arkansas

•9 African American students attempt to integrate Little Rock Central High School

• Faced with riots, mobs, and threats

Little Rock Nine

They do not give in and are successful!

The Federal Government

supports integration

Cause and Effect Example:

How did Plessy v. Ferguson resulted in the military segregation during WWII?

Plessy v. Ferguson

• Separate but equal

Jim Crow Laws

• Laws segregating racial groups

WWII Segregation

• Military and jobs were segregated

You are going to fill in the question mark spots in a series of quiz questions

Answer based upon the information provided

Jim Crow Law

• ?

Cause and Effect Your Turn!

How did Jim Crow Laws end with federal government support?

You are going to fill in the question mark spots in a series of quiz questions

Answer based upon the information provided

Jim Crow Law

• Laws segregating racial groups

Brown v. Board of Education

•?

Cause and Effect Your Turn!

How did Jim Crow Laws end with federal government support?

Jim Crow Laws

• Laws segregating racial groups

Brown v. Board of Education

• Separate is NOT equal

?• Schools were

integrated with federal support

Cause and Effect Your Turn!You are going to fill in the question mark spots in a series of quiz questions

Answer based upon the information provided

How did Jim Crow Laws end with federal government support?

Jim Crow Laws

• Laws segregating racial groups

Brown v. Board of Education

• Separate is NOT equal

Little Rock Nine

• Schools were integrated with federal support

GREAT WORK!!

How did Jim Crow Laws end with federal government support?