Civil RightsMr. Small

Unit II — The Birth of the Modern Civil Rights Movement (1930-1957)

Syllabus and Assignments

This unit will examine the birth of the modern civil rights movement, centering on the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. Key questions to be examined include: What factors helped lay the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement during the 1930s and 1940s? How did the landmark decision in Brown v. Board come about? How quickly or slowly was the decision in Brown v. Board implemented? What was significant about the Montgomery Bus Boycott, those involved, and the tactics used? What did the murder of Emmett Till indicate about race relations in Mississippi in the 1950s? What was the attitude of the nation toward civil rights in the late 1950s?

Key Terms

New Deal

World War II

A. Philip Randolph

March on Washington 1941

NAACP

Charles Houston

Murray v. Maryland

Teachers Salary Cases

Gaines v. Missouri

Sweatt v. Painter

Sipuel v. Oklahoma

McLaurin v. Oklahoma

Thurgood Marshall

Brown v. Board of Education

Earl Warren

Brown II (1955)

Gradualism

"Out-ni----"

Little Rock, Arkansas

Orval Faubus

President Eisenhower

101st Airborne

Ernest Green

Melba Patillo

Minnie Jean Brown

Craig Rains

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Emmett Till

Rosa Parks

E.D. Nixon

Jo Ann Robinson

Women's Political Council

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

Supreme Court ruling Dec. 1956

Nonviolent civil disobedience

Gandhi

Ku Klux Klan

White Citizens’ Councils

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Calendar of Assignments

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1/23 / 24

Begin Unit II

The Road to Brown
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Read Sitkoff pp. 10-24 for Wednesday / 25
Brown vs. Board of Education
Due: Sitkoff pp. 10-24
Discuss “Road to Brown,” Brown v. Board, Brown II.
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AssignSchool Desgregation Project / 26

Group Work—School Desegregation Plans

/ 27
Group Work—School Desegregation Plans
30
Presentations: School Desegregation
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Due: Presentation of school desegregation plans

Read Sitkoff 24-36 for Wednesday / 31
Finish Presentations: School Desegregation
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Read Sitkoff 24-36 for Tomorrow / 2/1
School Deseg: Comparative Analysis
(Compare to student plans)
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Due: Sitkoff 24-36

Read Sitkoff Chapter 2 for Monday

/ 2/2

Eyes on the Prize: Little Rock

/ 2/3
Discuss Little Rock
2/6
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Due: Sitkoff Chapter 2 (37-60) / 2/7
Eyes on the Prize: Emmett Till
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Assign Malcolm X Chapter 1-9 for week after spring break / 2/8
Review Unit II: The Birth of the Modern Civil Rights Movement (1930s-1959) / 2/9
TEST on Unit II
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Read Sitkoff 61-82 Thursday, 2/16 / 2/10
TBA