Transcript Civil Rights and Liberties

1. Pie Charts and Facts on Ethnic Minority Representation (with
handout) -30 mins
2. The Civil Rights Movement Summary and Video (M Luther
King) (Worksheet and Slides -30 mins)
3. Developments in Minority Representation and Affirmative
Action (Revision Flash Cards) 20 mins
4. Vocabulary Check -10 mins
5. Essay Planning
6. Timed Essay
• Create a USA Outline for your facts and figures
poster (add on key facts and figures)
1. Turn to page 8 (Bennett) (see handout/map)
2. Copy the pie charts onto the a poster that show how
the ethnic composition has changed.
3. Watch the short Video clip at:
4. How Ethnic Make Up has Changed in the USA BBC
Video Clip
5. Note down the results onto your poster
• Grew in 1950’s in the aftermath of civil war
• South had changed little, state laws still segregated blacks and
whites
• Racism widespread
• 1896 (Plessy v Ferguson) Allowed for segregation, as logn as
receiving same education. Challenged in Brown v Board of Education
in Topeka (1954) Overturned ‘equal but separate doctrine’. Court
declared treatment ‘unequal’
• 1955 (Rosa Parks) Black woman arrested for refusing to move
to black section of bus.
• Grew into larger movement by Baptist Martin Luther King &
Picketing Boycotts
• Setting for Famous Speech.
• Martin Luther King 'I Have a Dream Speech'
• Finally passed civil rights legislation under President L B Johnson
• This effective, peaceful movement changed to violent protests and
radicalism in 1960’s/1970’s (In cities)
• Riots sparked by assassination of M Luther King 1968.
• Been a battle between peaceful and violent protest
• More recently: Jesse Jackson, malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan leaders
(nation of Islam)-radical approach to civil rights (critical of peaceful
movement)
• Barack Obama
• Clinton Era: Jesse Jacksons Rainbow Coalition , special envoy to
Africa under Clinton
• Obama: Two ethnic minority women to supreme court
• Record numbers of ethnic minority and women voted for Obama in
2008/2012
• * However, Annie Lowry of NY Times has found ‘ Obamas inner circle
are still all men. No change from the Clinton era’
• Rev Jeremiah Wright, 2008 after attacks in 9/11 commented
that ‘ USA has supported state terrorism against Palestinians
and Black South Africans, hypocritical and not representative’
• David Mckay (2009): Obama represents a new era for ethnic
minority representation in USA, but against backdrop of
economic decline
• Bernard Anderson (2013) (key Obama Supporter) Criticised
approach : ‘Not enough attention to problems and inequality
Black pop face’ (see article)
Create Revision Flash Cards Using Colour coded cards or Picture coded
cards to jog your memory:
• Outline key developments in minority Representation:
• ASK QUESTIONS ON ONE SIDE WITH PICTURES OR COLOURS,
ANSWERS ON OTHER:
• Supreme Court/Congress Developments (1905’s)
• Equality of Opportunity
• (Affirmative Action (Positive Discrimination) (Busing, Quotas)
• Views on Affirmative Action (pg 346)
• Success of Affirmative Action: (pg 347-348)
• Multiculturalism
• Racial equality in the USA remains a distant dream.’ Discuss. 20
mins
1. Read up on and make revision flash cards with questions and
answers on:
2. Protection of Rights and Liberties of racial and ethnic
minorities
3. Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Congress/ Supreme
Court and Presidential Offices (add to USA map poster)
4. Appointments made by Obama (representation)
5. Complete timed essay without books on:
The election of President Obama signals a new era of political
representation’ Discuss -20 mins