Unit Eleven: The Civil Rights Movement
In this unit we will learn about the developing Civil Rights Movement from its birth through the 1970s impacting
African Americans, Latinos, Women, and American society. Using court cases, marches, protests, and
organizations the people of this time faced great changes in society and culture.
Key People to be identified:
Jackie Robinson
Thurgood Marshall
Earl Warren
Dr. Martin L. King
Orval Faubus
Little Rock Nine
George Wallace
Lyndon B. Johnson
Billy Graham
Stokely Carmichael
Malcolm X
Hector P. Garcia
Cesar Chavez
Barbara Jordan
Lester Maddox
Key Events and Documents to be identified:
Brown vs Board of Education
March on Washington
Sweatt v. Painter
“I have a Dream” speech
Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke
Sit-ins
Plessy v. Ferguson
Status Quo
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Rosa Parks
NAACP
13th
15th
14th
Civil Rights Act 1964
Freedom Rides
Jim Crow Laws
Black Panthers
AIM
Executive Order 8802
Executive Order 9981
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Lester Maddox
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) March on Selma, Alabama
24th Amendment
Voting Rights Act 1965
NOW
Title IX
Roe v. Wade
United Farm Workers
University of Alabama
Mendez v Westminster School District
Bastrop v. Delgado ISD
Hernandez vs Texas
White vs Regester
Edgwood ISD v. Kirby
Civil Disobedience
Segregation
Key Concepts:
Affirmative Action
Black Power Movement
Boycott
Desegregation
Feminism
Key Questions:
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Trace the important events of the Civil Rights Movement from 1619 to 1965.
Identify important court cases of the Civil Rights Movement
Compare Dr. Martin L. King to Malcolm X.
TEKS Covered: 9A, 9C, 9E, 9F, 9G, 9H, 9I, 17D, 21A, 23A, 24B
Litigation