Séquence pédagogique SEGREGATION US

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segregation in the united states

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(april 12th 1861 – april 9th 1865)

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three Constitutional amendments were passed to grant newly freed African Americans legal status:

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Colored people had gained their freedom and also equality thanks to the Civil Rights Act,

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but this one will be declared unconstitutional in 1880

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In 1896 the Supreme Court sanctioned legal separation of the races by its ruling in H.A. Plessy v. J.H. Ferguson, which held that separate but equal facilities did not violate the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment.

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Regarded by many as second-class citizens, blacks were separated from whites by law and by private action in transportation, public accommodations, recreational facilities, prisons, armed forces, and schools in both Northern and Southern states.

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When did segregation start and why? What is the definition of segregation? How did black people live during segregation time in the United States?

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Beginning in 1909, a small group of activists organized and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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They waged a long struggle to eliminate racial discrimination and segregation from American life.

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By the middle of the twentieth century their focus was on legal challenges to public-school segregation.

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Two major victories before the Supreme Court in 1950 led the NAACP toward a direct assault on Plessy and the so-called “separate-but-equal” doctrine.

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MAY 17TH 1954

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William Frantz Elementary School building in 2010

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By Infrogmation of New Orleans - Photo by Infrogmation (talk) of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10978629

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Ruby Bridges

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I was the first little black girl to integrate a white school.

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Her story was painted…

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By Norman Rockwell, it is entitled The problem we all live with

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The little rock nine

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Montgomery bus boycott 1955-1956

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Arrest for sit-in in Birmingham1960-1963

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« I have a dream »

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(August 28th 1963)

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Assassination

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April 4th 1968

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