Laws Support Civil
Rights
Summarize the cause for passage and the effects of passing
civil rights and voting rights legislation, including the 24th
Amendment.
APK
 Dred Scott
 Blacks are property
 Plessy v Ferguson
 Separate is equal
 Brown v Board
 Separate is not equal
Causes: Civil Rights Act of
1964
 Racial tensions and civil rights
protests grew during the early
1960’s
 Alabama governor refused to
desegregate state universities
(remember Little Rock 9?)
 Pres. Kennedy demanded that
Congress pass a civil rights law
 Kennedy was killed
 Pres. Johnson persuades
Southern senators to pass bill
Describe the main reason for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The LBJ Treatment
Effects: Civil Rights Act of
1964
 Prohibited discrimination because of race,
color, religion, or national origin, and gender
 Gave the federal government power to speed
up desegregation
 Banned discrimination in employment
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Established Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
 Banned discrimination in public places
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Parks
Restaurants
Theatres
What is the significance of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964?
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24
Amendment
 Causes:
 Poll taxes still required in 5
Southern states
 Poor AA’s could not afford to pay
 Effects:
 24th amendment Made poll taxes illegal
 *extended the right to vote to
millions of poor people
 Describe the impact of the 24th
Amendment
Causes: Voting Rights Act of
1965
 Southern states had passed laws
to limit AA voting rights
 1964- Freedom Summer
 Volunteers worked to register
AA voters in Mississippi
 Sparked racial violence and
murder
 1965- Selma, Alabama
 Protests and violence over voting
rights
 Pres. Johnson submits the Voting
Rights Act to Congress
Effects: Voting Rights Act
of 1965
 Eliminated literacy tests often used to
disqualify African American voters
 Allowed federal examiners to register
voters who had been denied their rights
 **Tripled the number of African
Americans registered to vote in the
South
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How did literacy tests affect AA
voters?
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Summarize the impact of the voting
rights act of 1965.
Causes: Civil Rights Act
of 1968
 De facto segregation
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Segregation that exists by practice and
custom
“white flight”
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Moving out of cities and into suburbs
 De jure segregation
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Segregation by law
 Kerner Commission
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Report stating that the North was
becoming segregated
Housing discrimination
 Civil Rights Act of 1968 ended housing
discrimination
Which is more difficult to fight? De jure or De facto segregation? Explain.
Effects of the Civil Rights
Movement
 Ended legal segregation
 Protected civil rights and civil rights
 Increased pride and racial identity
 More African American voters, officials, high school and
college graduates
Review
 How did minorities cope (deal) with inequalities?
 Who were the SNCC? How did they contribute to the civil
rights movement?
 What were some of the actions of the SCLC?
 Analyze (break apart) the importance of the Little Rock Nine.
 What were the goals of the UFWOC? How were they
achieved?
 Explain the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
 Describe the significance of the 24th Amendment.
 Examine the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965