A Crossroads Resource
Unit XI: Leader of the Free World: 1945-1975
Question/Problem 3: In what ways did the Civil Rights movement change the
lives of African Americans?
Civil Rights: Before and After Chart
Directions: Using your textbook and other available resources, fill in
all three columns of this chart. First, describe each of the six events of
the Civil Rights movement found in the second column. Then, in the first
column, describe the problem that led to the event; in the third column,
describe what improvements were brought about by the event.
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The Problem Events of the Civil Rights The Improvement
(Before) Movement (After)
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Brown v. Board of Education
(1954):
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955):
sit-ins (early 1960s):
freedom rides (1961):
Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Voting Rights Act of 1965:
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