The Fight for Civil Rights: 15 Images From America's Past Wednesday marks 50 years since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964. The landmark piece of legislation outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and ended segregation in public services in the United States. The bill followed decades of bloody struggle by civil rights lawyers, activists and ordinary people to gain racial equality for African-Americans, in the face of determined opposition from white supremacists. During that time, the battle moved from the court to the streets as Martin Luther King Jr. spearheaded a strategy of nonviolent resistance with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The group organized peaceful protests in the deep South with the expectation that opponents would attack protestors, causing bad media coverage and public outrage. In 1963, for instance, the SCLC ran a campaign in Birmingham, Ala., complete with sit-ins at segregated businesses and a march of high school students.
Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Movement Facts: US History for Kids Civil Rights Movement Facts for kidsThe following fact sheet contains interesting information, history and facts on the Civil Rights Movement for kids. Civil Rights Movement Facts - 2: The legal case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka banned the practice of school segregation, overturning the 1896 "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson. Civil Rights Movement Facts - 3: Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Civil Rights Movement Facts - 4: The actions of Rosa Parks led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted for eighteen months between 1955 - 1957. Civil Rights Movement Facts - 5: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was formed in 1957 and Dr Martin Luther King became president of the SCLC which aimed at eliminating the practice of segregation and to encourage African Americans to exercise their Civil Rights and register to vote. Continued...
Montgomery Bus Boycott: A Victory for Civil Rights – Speakeasy News Sixty years ago, on 20 December, 1956, Martin Luther King and his fellow campaigners won a first victory in the long battle for African-American civil rights. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which had begun when Rosa Parks famously refused to move to the back of the bus, finally ended after 381 days, when the Supreme Court ruled bus segregation illegal. But Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American woman to refuse to give up her seat in a Montgomery bus. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on 1 December, 1955. In the previous year, four other women had refused to move seats. On 2 March, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old high-school student got on a bus with some classmates. Colvin was arrested. But Colvin wasn’t forgotten. Boycott When Rosa Parks, a middle-aged, eminently respectable NAACP activist refused to move to the back of the bus, this time the community felt it had found its spokesperson. In parallel, the NAACP decided it was time to challenge bus segregation in court.
Biography for Kids: Ruby Bridges History >> Biography >> Civil Rights for Kids Occupation: Civil Rights Activist Born: September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi Best known for: First African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the SouthBiography: Where did Ruby Bridges grow up? Ruby Bridges grew up on a small farm in Tylertown, Mississippi. Her parents were sharecroppers, meaning they farmed the land, but didn't own it. When Ruby was four years old, her family moved to New Orleans. US Marshals with Young Ruby Bridges on School Steps by Unknown Attending School Ruby went to kindergarten at an all black school. Chosen for Integration One day, Ruby was asked to take a test. At first her father didn't want her to go to the white school. First Day at a White School Ruby began the first grade at her old school. When Ruby arrived at the school there were lots of people protesting and threatening Ruby and her family. The first day of school was strange for Ruby. The Only Child in Class
Segregation Now: The Resegregation of America’s Schools White students once accounted for a majority of the Tuscaloosa school district's students. But by the mid-1990s, they made up less than a third. Total enrollment had dropped from 13,500 in 1969 to 10,300 in 1995. Many white parents had decided to send their children to nearly all-white private schools or to move across the city line to access the heavily white Tuscaloosa County Schools. Tuscaloosa's business leaders and elected officials had witnessed the transformation of other southern cities after their school districts had reached a tipping point—the point at which white parents become unsettled by the rising share of black students in a school, and pull their children from the school en masse. Tuscaloosa's residential population stagnated during the '90s, and the school situation took on special urgency in 1993: Tuscaloosa was vying for the Mercedes-Benz plant where Melissa Dent now works, which officials hoped would draw people to the city.
Black history in the US From MLK to ObamaUne séquence complète niveau 3ème proposée par Catherine Court-Maurice (Collège Le Chapitre) file_download Télécharger la séquence Black history Month (Time for Kids)Dossier très complet conçu pour de jeunes américains pour Black history month en février : Then and Now : timeline The fight for rights : texte et jeu Now hear this : discours de MLK, JFK et Lyndon Johnson The arts Infographie : From slavery to ObamaLes dates les plus marquantes (utilisé dans le cadre d’une étude du tableau The Problem We All Live With, de Norman Rockwell).Infographie réalisée à l’aide de la version gratuite d’Easel-ly. African American OdysseyDossier de la Bibliothèque du Congrès InfopleaseNombreuses ressources Biography.comNombreuses biographies de personnes ayant marqué l’histoire des noirs américains. Discovery school Un dossier très complet : The Ku Klux KlanPage de ressources A few Civil Rights activists Voir également : Dates Martin Luther King Day ( the third Monday of January)_
Martin Luther King, Jr. A hero is born The home where King was born still stands today. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929. Marching Forward King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, lead demonstrators on the fourth day of a historic five-day march in 1965. Brave sacrifices King was arrested several times during his lifetime. speaking out King inspires a large crowd with one of his many speeches. Photograph by Julian Wasser, Time Life Pictures / Getty Images King waves to supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. during the March on Washington. making history President Lyndon B. King his wife, Coretta Scott King, sit with three of their four children in their Atlanta, Georgia, home in 1963. A win for peace King receives the Nobel Prize for Peace from Gunnar Jahn, president of the Nobel Prize Committee, in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, 1964. Remembering a hero
Internet Connection Is Civil Right, German Court Rules | Disinformation In the near future, in certain regions of the world, denying someone internet will be considered a barbaric, criminal act. Computer World UK reports: Internet access is crucial to everyday life and the loss of connectivity is deserving of financial compensation, the German Federal Court of Justice has ruled. Because having an internet connection is so significant for a large part of the German population, a customer whose service provider failed to provide connectivity between December 2008 and February 2009 is entitled to compensation.The plaintiff was erroneously disconnected and demanded that the unnamed telecommunications company pay for costs that incurred in switching to a new provider. 0Share 8Share
March on Washington History >> Civil Rights for Kids Background to the March Despite gaining their freedom from slavery after the end of the civil war, African Americans were still facing legal discrimination in the 1950s and early 1960s. March on Washingtonfrom the Library of Congress Why did people march? The signs telling people about the march called it the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." Planning the March The March was planned to take place on August 28, 1963. 1963 was the 100 year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves during the Civil War. Because there would be so many people marching, it took a lot of planning. How many people marched? It is estimated that between 200,000 and 300,000 people showed up for the march. I Have a Dream Several of the leaders spoke to the crowd from the Lincoln memorial including three of the Big Six. One of the final speeches was given by Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.by Rowland Scherman Results
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Evolution Of A Song: 'Strange Fruit' Billie Holiday is one of many who've interpreted Abel Meeropol's words for "Strange Fruit," but she left the deepest impression. Michael Ochs Archives/Gettty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Ochs Archives/Gettty Images The story behind the song "Strange Fruit" is well-known. In the hands of many singers, "Strange Fruit" feels like a period piece — more of a memorial than a protest song, a symbol of less enlightened times.
Mississippi Burning - Tasks Pre reading: The following is a quote taken from the film, Mississippi Burning. Mayor Tilma: “Do you like baseball, do you, Anderson?” Agent Anderson: “Yeah, I do. With a partner discuss your interpretation of this quote. Historical Background The mysterious circumstances surrounding a case in 1964 of the disappearance and eventual murders of three civil rights workers is the backdrop for this powerful film produced in 1988. As this was a time of great tension and unrest, due to the advancement of the Civil Rights Movement, there was massive media coverage and the FBI was called in to investigate. A Northerner and a Southerner The two FBI agents (Gene Hackman and Willem DaFoe) couldn’t be more different from one another and their approaches to solving the murders set them apart. Tasks and Activities Watch the trailer for Mississippi Burning and then answer the questions below. Comprehension Do you think the two men at the beginning of the trailer were speaking to the same audience? Discussion