US History: Civil Rights, Unfinished & On-Going (February 16-19)

Guiding Questions:

Remember last week?
- If African-Americans were freed from bondage and declared equal with the 13, 14 and 15^th amendments, then why did so many people feel it was necessary to take part in the Modern Civil Rights Movement over 80 years later?
Here’s our question for this week:
- What victories did the Civil Rights Movements win? At what cost? What battles are on-going?

KNOW THESE WORDS–Civil Rights Vocabulary

CIVIL RIGHTS VOCABULARY
What groups/movements/people created change during the Civil Rights era? What battles are on-going?

Little Rock 9 (connection to segregation/Separate but equal)
- What did the Little Rock 9 fight? What victory did these girls win? What battles are on-going?
- Little Rock 9 Video
- ProPublica on Ferguson Segregation in 2016: http://www.propublica.org/article/ferguson-school-segregation
- PBS’ Frontline videos about Segregation: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/separate-and-unequal/
Bloody Sunday and Selma (connection to 15^th Amendment)
- Why did the marchers have to cross the Pettus Bridge in order to secure the 15^th Amendment rights? Are voting rights battles on-going?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM-tfj6lp6w
- John Oliver on Voting in 2016
MLK and Memphis Sanitation Strike (Right before King was Shot
- When we remember MLK, Jr., we hardly remember how he actually worked for the lower class through unionizing and protecting workers. Then he was shot. What class-based battles are on-going?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBDgH435oaU
- The Atlantic on Wal-Mart & Unions in 2016: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/how-walmart-convinces-its-employees-not-to-unionize/395051/

What work continued on after the Civil Rights era ended? What work continues on?