The Civil Rights Movement

Introduction

The African-American Civil Rights Movement was an ongoing fight for racial equality that took place for over 100 years after the Civil War. Leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Booker T. Washington, and Rosa Parks paved the way for non-violent protests which led to changes in the law. 



The Civil Rights Movement has its background in the abolitionist movement before the Civil War. Abolitionists were people that thought slavery was morally wrong and wanted it to come to an end. Before the Civil War, many of the northern states had outlawed slavery. During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation. After the war, slavery was made illegal with the thirteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Task

You will complete the webquest by using the websites on the process tab to answer the questions below

1. Who originally proposed the Civil Rights Act?

2. The 1968 Civil Rights Act was also known as what?

3. What were the names of the students that were involved in The Little Rock Nine?

4. On what date did the Little Rock Nine Students attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

5. On what date did four black teens sat down at a "whites-only" Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina?

6. What is the name of the museum that opened in the very building where the sit-ins began?

7. What was Ruby Bridges best known for?

8. What was the name of the school where Ruby Bridges attended as the only black student?

9. How many freedom riders rode on the Greyhound bus on May 4, 1961?

10. What did the Freedom Riders do?

 

 

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