The Early DaysThe early days of the Civil Rights Movement can be traced back to abolitionists. These individuals, mostly from northern states, were opposed to slavery and worked to free slaves. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. With this, he legally freed slaves by adding the thirteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. However, oppressed people soon found out that the end of slavery did not mean the end of segregation.
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Segregation &
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Early Protests• Protest Jim Crow Laws
• W.E.B. DuBois & Ida B. Wells form NAACP in 1909 • Booker T. Washington form African American schools |
Brown v. Board of Education• Supreme Court outlaws school segregation
• 1957: The Little Rock Nine attend Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas • 1960: New Orleans, Ruby Bridges attends William Frantz Elementary School Teach using: The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles and The Little Rock Nine Stand Up for their Rights by Eileen Lucas |