TOPIC 8.6
Early Steps in the
Civil Rights Movement
(1940s and 1950s)
THEMATIC FOCUS Social Structures (SOC)
Social categories, roles, and practices are created, maintained, challenged, and
transformed throughout American history, shaping government policy, economic
systems, culture, and the lives of citizens.
Learning Objective G: Explain how and why the civil rights movements developed and expanded from 1945 to 1960.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- 1
Seeking to fulfill Reconstruction-era promises, civil rights activists and political leaders achieved some legal and political successes in ending segregation, although progress toward racial equality was slow.
KC- 2
The three branches of the federal government used measures including desegregation of the armed services and Brown v. Board of Education (1954) to promote greater racial equality.
Details, details, details...
Social categories, roles, and practices are created, maintained, challenged, and
transformed throughout American history, shaping government policy, economic
systems, culture, and the lives of citizens.
Learning Objective G: Explain how and why the civil rights movements developed and expanded from 1945 to 1960.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- 1
Seeking to fulfill Reconstruction-era promises, civil rights activists and political leaders achieved some legal and political successes in ending segregation, although progress toward racial equality was slow.
KC- 2
The three branches of the federal government used measures including desegregation of the armed services and Brown v. Board of Education (1954) to promote greater racial equality.
Details, details, details...