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Benson High School Library: English 2

Student Goals

Select an event from the Civil Rights Movement to research.

Locate required information about your selected historic change:

  • Basic background information or the immediate or lasting impact of the event

The research will culminate in a five to six paragraph paper that explores the historic choice.

 

Events from the Civil Rights movement

1940’s

Jackie Robinson starts to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers

Korematsu vs United States- ending of Japanese Concentration camps

1950’s

Brown vs.  Board of Education- separate is not equal

Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move from her seat on the bus

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Civil Rights Act of 1957- first civil rights legislation focused on voting rights

1960’s

Greensboro sit-ins

Civil Rights Act of 1960- established inspection of voting and penalties for infringing on voting.

United Farm Workers of America was established

Civil Rights Act of 1964- outlawed discrimination

Loving vs. Virginia- allowed interracial marriage

Civil Rights Act of 1968- outlawed discrimination in housing

 

Teacher Lecture Citations

Copy the below citation and add this citation to Noodletools like you did for Britannica.

Then, change "Topic" to the name of the topic.  Then change the date to the date that the teacher gave the information on.

Fant, Tyrie, Ed.D. "Topic." Benson High School, 2021, Omaha, NE. Lecture.

Garrett, Michael. "Title." Benson High School, 2021, Omaha, NE. Lecture.

Ronning, Ann. "Topic." Benson High School, 2021, Omaha, NE. Lecture.

Weidner, Matthew. "Topic." Benson High School, 2021, Omaha, NE. Lecture.

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