Monday, January 8, 2018

Monday January 8

Reading Qs 21.1
1.   What was important about Jackie Robinson’s career in baseball?
2.   How did the migration of African-Americans impact society in the north?
3.   The case of Plessy v. Ferguson declared segregation constitutional according to the principle of “separate but equal.”  What is problematic in the Plessy decision?
4.   What did the case of Brown v. Board of Education do, and why was/is education so significant to civil rights?
5.   Alabama Governor George Wallace announced at his inauguration, “I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”   What is the “tyranny” he is speaking of?

6.   The Montgomery bus boycott set the stage for future protests.  What did the civil rights movement learn in Montgomery?

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