do now- page 233 list three things you learned about voting rights for african americans while...
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Do Now- page 233
• List THREE things you learned about voting rights for African Americans while completing the investigation on Thurs and Friday.
Do Now: Copy Vocab on page 233Title: Civil Rights Issues
• Jim Crow Laws- Post Civil War Southern states passed anti-African American legislation. Laws discriminated against and segregated Afr. Am.
• Segregation- separation of racial groups• De facto Segregation- segregation by custom, not
law (North)• De Jure Segregation- segregation by law (mostly in
the South) *memory clue- think of a jury who made the law.
Objectives and Agenda
• Objective: “I can describe the struggles of African Americans in the 1960s by examining primary source documents”
Agenda1. Do Now2. Civil Rights Vocabulary and Review3. Round Robin Activity- exploring segregation4. Hand out & explain Homework
Notes pg 233• Plessy v. Fergurson- 1986 Supreme
Court case decides That “separate, but equal” is constitutional. – Plessy tried to ride white section of
train, is arrested and brings case to Supreme Ct.
• Lynching- mob killing for an alleged offense with or without legal trial. Lynching prevented blacks challenging the tradition of segregation
Segregation
De Jure Segregation• Legal segregation• Enforced by law• Mostly in South
Examples:• Jim Crow Laws
– segregation laws for public places, schools, etc.
• Plessy v. Fergurson
De Facto Segregation• Segregation by culture and
custom by people.• Not enforced by law• happens in North where legal
segregation was not in place
Examples:• KKK promotes segregation• Lynching• Not hiring someone or selling
your home to someone based on their race (racism)
De Jure or De Facto?
The Story of Emmett Till (1955)
• Emmett Till: lynched for allegedly flirting with white woman in Mississippi. He was a 14 yr old from Chicago and did not understand the customary segregation rules of the South.
De Jure or De Facto?
De Jure or De Facto?
Round RobinAt each station you will:1. Read as a group the segregation (education, marriage,
public accommodations, workplace, housing)2. Examine a primary source document3. Record a description of the segregation and key points
from the resource in the Matrix
*you will have FIVE minutes at each of the 4 stations*work together, but all must complete the matrix in your
notebook*Let’s do one together!
Restrictive Covenant
St. Louis, Missouri, 1923
Voting Rights
Southern whites found ways to disenfranchise (deny voting rights) to blacks. They created poll taxes and literary tests to keep many blacks from voting. Some states used a white primary that only allowed whites to participate in primaries. The Democratic party excluded blacks from their political party and thus they could not vote in primaries. Gerrymandering (redrawing lines of voting districts) was used to cut the populations of blacks up so they could not have a majority vote on a candidate who might represent their interests. When lines were redrawn, black votes were diluted and lost influence.
Source: http://www.4uth.gov.ua/usa/english/laws/majorlaw/voting/intro_c.htm
HOMEWORK
Due Tomorrow• Read about Brown V. Board of Education in
your textbook• Answer the questions on page 235
• This homework will prep you for tomorrow’s class!
*Not to mention, it will improve your grade
ACTIVITY RESOURCES
Salary Statistics White and Black workers
1949 and 1959
Median yearly earned income of full-time white male workers in 1949: $3,150
... of full-time black male workers: $1,950
... of full-time white female workers: $2,150
... of full-time black female workers: $1,150
Median yearly earned income of full-time white male workers in 1959: $5,550
... of full-time black male workers: $3,450
... of full-time white female workers: $3,350
... of full-time black female workers: $2,050
Source: Photograph
Education StatisticsSchool Enrollment 1870 v 1963
School enrollment rate among white children in 1870: 54.4%
... among non-white children in 1870: 9.9%
School enrollment rate among white children in 1963: 89.8%
... among non-white children in 1963: 88%
High School Diplomas 1940 v 1964Percentage of the white male population with
a high school diploma in 1940: 13%... of the white female population with a high
school diploma in 1940: 17.5%... of the black male population in 1940: 3.8%... of the black female population in 1940:
5.1%
Percentage of the white male population with a high school diploma in 1964: 27.6%
... of the white female population with a high school diploma in 1964: 34.8%
... of the black male population in 1964: 14.6%
... of the black female population in 1964: 19.2%
Segregated school, Arkansas 1949