OBJECTIVE – Evaluate various method employed by the Civil Rights Movement to exert pressure for change.

DISCUSSION – Once the victory of Brown v. Board of Education was secured the Civil Rights movement began to slowly chip away at many of the other segregated parts of American society.  Opposition to change was strongest in Southern states and many private business owners resented being told how they were going to run their businesses and who they were going to serve by the federal government.

One advantage that the Civil Rights Movement had in many Southern cities was that the African American population represented a significant portion of the total population.  As a result they relied on the economic pressure they could apply to force change.  Most importantly this method allowed for peaceful resistance to laws that were by nature unfair.  Another advantage that the movement enjoyed was the growth of the mass media, especially television.  As more and more Americans across the nation watched the scene of peaceful resistance by many blacks in the South sympathy to the cause grew.  It wasn’t long before blacks and whites were joined in the effort to end segregation and work towards equality for all people.

Assignment 8.03 Triumph of a Crusade

ASSIGNMENT – Part A

Visit the following website:  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html.  Using Parts I and II complete the chart below explaining how each occurrence was significant to the overall Civil Rights Movement.  Simply copy the chart and paste it into a Word document.

Part B – Use the Civil Rights chapter of your textbook to complete the following graphic organizer.  Simply add this graphic organizer to the Word document you created for Part A.  Once you have completed both parts to the Assignment Area and click on “View/Complete Assignment – 8.03 – Triumph of a Crusade”.  Attach you Word document and click “Submit”.

Challenges and Changes in the Movement – answer the following questions.