Civil Rights Movement - the riverside unified school district#39;s student 民权运动-滨江学区和# 39的学生；.ppt

The Civil Rights Movement We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write it in the books of law. ~ President Lyndon Johnson The Civil Rights Movement:Contents Key Concept Harlem Renaissance Segregation School Desegregation The Montgomery Bus Boycott Sit-Ins Freedom Riders Desegregating Southern Universities The March on Washington Voter Registration The End of the Movement Key Concept: Discuss how the civil rights movement evolved during the 1950s and 1960s and explain each of the three developments. Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement of the 1920s and early 1930s centered around the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Several factors laid the groundwork for the movement. During a phenomenon known as the Great Migration, hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the economically depressed rural South to the industrial cities of the North, taking advantage of employment opportunities created by World War I. Harlem Renaissance Increased education and employment opportunities following World War I led to the development of an African American middle class. As more and more educated and socially conscious African Americans settled in New York’s neighborhood of Harlem, it developed into the political and cultural center of black America. The Harlem Renaissance marked the first time that African American arts attracted significant attention from the nation at large, and mainstream publishers and critics took African American literature seriously. Instead of more direct political means, African American artists and writers used culture to work for the goals of civil rights and equality. Harlem Renaissance No common literary style or political ideology defined the Harlem Renaissance. What united the participants was the sense of taking part in a common endeavor and their commitment to giving artistic expression to the Africa