UNIT 4B Civil Rights More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail WORKBOOK INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL RIGHTS: Civil rights are the _______________________________rights of all persons, not just citizens, to due process and the ____________________________ of the laws: the constitutional right not to be discriminated against by governments or individuals because of _________, ethnic background, ____________, _______________. The 14th Amendment is the KEY protection for this unit. Section 1 of the amendment has 4 different protections. Underline (to the right) the ONE protection that you believe applies to civil rights. AMENDMENT XIV: Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Reconstruction Amendments: What does the amendment state? 13th 14th 15th How did it protect African Americans Jim Crow Era & Separate but Equal: 1. Jim Crow laws were passed in response to the ___________________________________________________. Look in your textbook to define Jim Crow laws and give at least 3 examples (segregation of all kinds is 1 example). Use the OYEZ website to look up Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Write a quick summary of the facts of the case and then fully explain SCOTUS' ruling (remember to discuss the main constitutional amendment in question). 2. Easy FRQ Practice A. Explain a trend depicted in the map B. What was the Constitutional basis for the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)? C. What was the Constitutional basis for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) that overturned Plessy? Educational segregation in the U.S. prior to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) Explain the difference between de jure and de facto segregation. 3. MLK and the Civil Rights Movement What was MLK's strategy for combatting racism? Why did he choose Birmingham, Alabama for his march in 1963? How does the above quote from Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail make you feel? What part stands out the most for you? 4. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the most far-reaching bill on civil rights in modern times, it forbade discrimination on the basis of ______________, ________________, _______________, ________________, and _______________________. It ended Jim Crow laws! Civil Rights Act 1964: Title II Places of public accommodation Civil Rights Act 1964: Title VII Employment Keeping African Americans from the ballot box: Explain the type of voter suppression depicted below: A. B. C. 5. VOTING RIGHTS ACT 1965 24th Amendment: The voting rights Act of 1965 Banned literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and white primaries at the national level and section five of the voting rights act established a "preclearance" provision: EXPLAIN THIS! This is a modern-day cartoon about something that is happening in our country today. Can you figure out what it is and how it relates to the topics we are discussing in this unit? CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968 (FAIR HOUSING ACT) Forbids owners to __________________________ to any person because of ________, ______________, ______________, __________________, _______ (since 1978), ________________, or because a person has children (since 1988). 6. SHAW V. RENO (1993) Issue: Did the North Carolina residents’ claim that the 1990 redistricting plan discriminated on the basis of race raise a valid constitutional issue under the __________________________________________________________? Ruling: Affirmative Action: Definition & Goal University of California Regents v. Bakke (1978) ruling Modern cases & rulings 7.
