8.3

Civil Rights in the Post-WWII Era Examine and analyze the Civil Rights Movement using key events, people, and organizations.

=8.3.1 Civil Rights Movement= Analyze the key events, ideals, documents, and organizations in the struggle for civil rights by African Americans including
 * the impact of WWII and the Cold War (e.g., racial and gender integration of the military)
 * Supreme Court decisions and governmental actions (e.g., Brown v. Board (1954), Civil Rights Act (1957), Little Rock schools desegregation, Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965))
 * protest movements, organizations, and civil actions (e.g., integration of baseball, Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956), March on Washington (1963), freedom rides, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Nation of Islam, Black Panthers)
 * resistance to Civil Rights

=8.3.2 Ideals of the Civil Rights Movement= Compare and contrast the ideas in Martin Luther King’s March on Washington speech to the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Seneca Falls Resolution, and the Gettysburg Address.

=8.3.3 Women’s Rights= Analyze the causes and course of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s (including role of population shifts, birth control, increasing number of women in the work force, National Organization for Women (NOW), and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)).

=8.3.4 Civil Rights Expanded= Evaluate the major accomplishments and setbacks in civil rights and liberties for American minorities over the 20th century including American Indians, Latinos/Latinas, new immigrants, people with disabilities, and gays and lesbians.

=8.3.5 Tensions and Reactions to Poverty and Civil Rights= Analyze the causes and consequences of the civil unrest that occurred in American cities by comparing the civil unrest in Detroit with at least one other American city (e.g., Los Angeles, Cleveland, Chicago, Atlanta, Newark).

=All four expectations here will be explored through and within 8.3.1. See the 8.3.1 Page for readings, activities, and assessment/project.=