11 The Early Civil Rights Movement
Emmett Till video
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
In this unit we will study the start of the Civil Rights Movement after World War II. Soldiers came back looking for equality, Black Americans had migrated to the north during the war and expected to be treated with equality and riots during the war had given some African Americans the courage to stand up for themselves, at least in a violent way.
You will read a book on Claudette Colvin, an ordinary teenager who did an extraordinary thing. We will study her in relationship to Rosa Parks. We will compare her story to that of Emmet Till. You should also remember Melba Patillo integrating Central High School just a few years later. Your question is:
THE QUESTION: How do the stories of Claudette Colvin and Emmett Till set off the Civil Rights Movement that strived for equality and justice? What did each teenager do, how did blacks and whites react, and what effect did Till and Colvin (separately) have on getting equal rights for African Americans? If you lived in 1955, who would be most inspirational to you and why?
I. Intro, restate the question and answer the question.
II. What Colvin did, how blacks and whites reacted - you must include specific examples with page # from the book.
III. What Emmett Till (and his mother Mamie) did, how blacks and whites reacted – you must include specific information from the movie.
IV. Effect of Colvin on getting equal rights (remember Browder v. Gayle)
V. Effect of Till on getting equal rights
VI. If you lived in 1955, who would be most inspirational to you and why?
You will write this on Monday, April 30.
National Public Radio story on Claudette Colvin: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101719889
Homework assignment for each section – Complete #1, 2, 6 and choose either 3, 4, or 5 .
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Each night you will write a journal entry on the chapter you are reading. The journal entry must include answers to #1, 2, and 6. Then do EITHER 3, 4, or 5.
- ***Write the name of the chapter and the page numbers. Leave space and after you finish the chapter go back and give one example from the chapter that illustrates the chapter title.
- ***Copy the quote at the beginning of the chapter and tell its author. Leave space under the quote. When you finish reading the chapter, go back and give one example from the chapter that backs up the quote.
- Pick one photograph in the chapter. Tell why the author put the photograph in the chapter and tell how it adds to the story.
- Give one example that tells why Colvin was an ordinary teenager who did an extraordinary thing.
- Which part of this chapter has the most meaning to you? Explain why.
- ***Write a question that you have about the story or the civil rights movement.
Your journal must be written in sentences and must show that you have read the chapter. To get full credit, you have to show a deep, not just literal understanding of what you have read.
Calendar 2012 – Total of 10 Journal entries about this book.
March 28 Hand in topic and 5 ideal primary sources; read CC Part One First Cry and ch 1, Jim Crow and the Detested Number Ten , 1-9
March 29 CC ch. 2, Jim Crow and the Detested Number 10, 10-19
March 30 CC ch 3, Coot, 20-27
April 2 CC ch 4, We Seemed to Hate Ourselves29-35
April 3 CC ch 5, There’s the Girl Who Got Arrested 36-45
April 4 CC CC ch 6, Crazy Times, 47-56
4/5 CC ch 7, Another Negro Woman Has Been Arrested, 57-64Bibliography due
4/6 NO SCHOOL, Good Friday
4/9 CC chp 8, Second Front, Second Chance 65-78
4/10 CC ch 9, Browder v. Gayle, 79-90
4/11 CC ch 10, Rage in Montgomery, 91-100
4/12 CC Epilogue History’s Door, notes, 101-122
4/13 Write essay on Claudette Colvin and Emmett Till
4/14
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