Unit XI: A Crossroads Resource

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-- Teacher Guide

Directions: Using your textbook and other available resources, describe each of the six events of the Civil Rights movement found in the second column of the chart. 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.

The Problem (Before) Events of the Civil Rights Movement The Improvement (After)
required to attend segregated schools Brown v. Board of Education (1954): might include problems in Topeka, Thurgood Marshall and NAACP, Supreme Court decision, problems at Little Rock high school schools forced to integrate
required to sit in the back of the bus Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955): might include Rosa Parks, leadership of Dr. King, effective boycott, Supreme Court decision no longer had segregated seats on buses
required segregation of restaurants sit-ins (early 1960s): might include Greensboro (1960),leadership of CORE integrated restaurants
required segregation at bus and train stations freedom rides (1961): might include information on participants, description of violence, leadership of CORE integration at bus and train stations
faced discriminating hiring practices and segregation in public places Civil Rights Act of 1964: might include the leadershipof President Johnson, March on Washington made it illegal for employers to discriminate. Ended segregation in public places
required to pass literary tests in order to vote Voting Rights Act of 1965: might include the leadership of President Johnson, events in Selma, Alabama easy to register to vote

Back To Question #3

The Problem (Before)	Events of the Civil Rights Movement	The Improvement (After)
required to attend segregated schools	Brown v. Board of Education (1954): might include problems in Topeka, Thurgood Marshall and NAACP, Supreme Court decision, problems at Little Rock high school	schools forced to integrate
required to sit in the back of the bus	Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955): might include Rosa Parks, leadership of Dr. King, effective boycott, Supreme Court decision	no longer had segregated seats on buses
required segregation of restaurants	sit-ins (early 1960s): might include Greensboro (1960),leadership of CORE	integrated restaurants
required segregation at bus and train stations	freedom rides (1961): might include information on participants, description of violence, leadership of CORE	integration at bus and train stations
faced discriminating hiring practices and segregation in public places	Civil Rights Act of 1964: might include the leadershipof President Johnson, March on Washington	made it illegal for employers to discriminate. Ended segregation in public places
required to pass literary tests in order to vote	Voting Rights Act of 1965: might include the leadership of President Johnson, events in Selma, Alabama	easy to register to vote