Civil Rights Movement
Movie : Awakenings 1954-1956
1950’s - 1960’s , must of this time, the US was segregated
Blacks were still slaves, separate school, separate bathrooms, etc
Segregation had rules - enforced by violence such as the KKK
Early 1950’s NAACP brought demands to Supreme Court. Segregation schools were deemed Unconstitutional by unanimous vote
The murder of Emmett Till was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement
The jury took one hour to find the two white men not-guilty
Rosa Parks
Refused to give up her bus seat to a white man
This led to a bus boycotting that went on for much longer than expected
Used a system of cars to transport 1,000’s of blacks per day
Unanimous ruling that Montgomery’s bus segregation was Unconstitutional
Movie : Awakenings 1954-1956
1950’s - 1960’s , must of this time, the US was segregated
Blacks were still slaves, separate school, separate bathrooms, etc
Segregation had rules - enforced by violence such as the KKK
Early 1950’s NAACP brought demands to Supreme Court. Segregation schools were deemed Unconstitutional by unanimous vote
The murder of Emmett Till was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement
The jury took one hour to find the two white men not-guilty
Rosa Parks
Refused to give up her bus seat to a white man
This led to a bus boycotting that went on for much longer than expected
Used a system of cars to transport 1,000’s of blacks per day
Unanimous ruling that Montgomery’s bus segregation was Unconstitutional