Civil Rights Movement Matrix
HST-144 Civil Rights Movement Matrix
Part I: Utilize the Topic 6 Readings as a resource to complete the "Civil Rights Movement Matrix." Be sure to cite and reference all sources.
Summarize and state the significance of each of the snapshots of the Civil Rights movement. The first one is an example.
This assignment uses a scoring guide. Instructors will be using the scoring guide to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references …show more content…
(citation) These laws were passed to prevent the former slaves from exercising any political power. In many of the Southern states, the black population was either even with or outnumbered the white population. These laws were set in motion to protect the status quo of power in the Southern states. These policies initiated in Mississippi were adapted by many of the other Southern states. (citation)
Plessey v. Ferguson (1896) Plessy was an African American in 1892 who defied the state laws of Louisiana when he rode in a “whites only” part of the railway train. Plessy argued that the separate railway trains violated the 13th and 14th Amendment. While his argument was considered all the way up to the Supreme Court, the ruling stood that it was a justified law due to the “separate but equal” law. Judge Brown even went on to say that while the 14th amendment made them equal under the law, it did not mean to make them equal society as a …show more content…
Board of Education (1954) Black kids were denied admission to public schools that were also attended by white children under laws requiring or permitting segregation according to the races. The white and black schools advanced equality in terms of buildings, curricula, qualifications, and teacher salaries.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1). (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved November 15, 2015. Despite the equalization of the schools by "objective" factors, imperceptible issues foster and uphold inequality. Racial segregation in public education has a damaging effect on minority kids because it is understood as a sign of inferiority. Separate but equal is fundamentally unequal in the context of public education. The common opinion sounded the death-knell for all procedures of state-maintained racial separation.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1). (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks, a Forty two year old African American seamstress, sat in a segregated bus, declined giving up her seat to a white man. It was the spark of the 13 month Montgomery Bus Boycott and stemmed in an early and significant victory for the Civil Rights
Part I: Utilize the Topic 6 Readings as a resource to complete the "Civil Rights Movement Matrix." Be sure to cite and reference all sources.
Summarize and state the significance of each of the snapshots of the Civil Rights movement. The first one is an example.
This assignment uses a scoring guide. Instructors will be using the scoring guide to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references …show more content…
(citation) These laws were passed to prevent the former slaves from exercising any political power. In many of the Southern states, the black population was either even with or outnumbered the white population. These laws were set in motion to protect the status quo of power in the Southern states. These policies initiated in Mississippi were adapted by many of the other Southern states. (citation)
Plessey v. Ferguson (1896) Plessy was an African American in 1892 who defied the state laws of Louisiana when he rode in a “whites only” part of the railway train. Plessy argued that the separate railway trains violated the 13th and 14th Amendment. While his argument was considered all the way up to the Supreme Court, the ruling stood that it was a justified law due to the “separate but equal” law. Judge Brown even went on to say that while the 14th amendment made them equal under the law, it did not mean to make them equal society as a …show more content…
Board of Education (1954) Black kids were denied admission to public schools that were also attended by white children under laws requiring or permitting segregation according to the races. The white and black schools advanced equality in terms of buildings, curricula, qualifications, and teacher salaries.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1). (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved November 15, 2015. Despite the equalization of the schools by "objective" factors, imperceptible issues foster and uphold inequality. Racial segregation in public education has a damaging effect on minority kids because it is understood as a sign of inferiority. Separate but equal is fundamentally unequal in the context of public education. The common opinion sounded the death-knell for all procedures of state-maintained racial separation.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1). (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks, a Forty two year old African American seamstress, sat in a segregated bus, declined giving up her seat to a white man. It was the spark of the 13 month Montgomery Bus Boycott and stemmed in an early and significant victory for the Civil Rights