Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, on August 24, 1955, when he reportedly flirted with a white cashier at a grocery store. Four days later, two white men kidnappedTill, beat him and shot him in the head. The men were tried for murder, but an all-white, male jury acquitted them. The Emmett Till murder trial brought to light the brutality of Jim Crow segregation in the South and was an early impetus of the African American civil rights movement. | SSCG6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of civil liberties and civil rights. a. Examine the Bill of Rights with emphasis on First Amendment freedoms. b. Analyze due process law expressed in the 5th and 14th Amendments. c. Explain selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights. d. Explain how government seeks to maintain the balance between individual liberties and the public interest. e. Explain every citizen’s right to be treated equally under the law. Introduction: CNN News Topic: The Brutal Lynching of Emmet Till, Civil Rights: equal Treatment Under the law. Essay Prompts for In-Class Essay. You may use notes during the essay writing time. · Describe the methods used by activists in the Civil Rights Movement and identify the most and least effective methods. · How do Civil Rights issues of today compare to the 1960s? · Compare and contrast two Civil Rights Movements of the 60s & 70s. · Identify the violent and non-violent movements within more than one Civil Rights movement. What where the benefits and challenges that each strategy faced? · To what extent was the Civil Rights Movement a success? · How did the Civil Rights Movement for the LGBT Community and the Americans with Disabilities differ from most of the other groups in the civil rights movement? · What was more effective during the civil rights movement, popular protests and activism or government action? · Identify 3 important Supreme Court decisions and measure their impact on the civil rights movement. |
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