Description
This assignment will help you prepare for the first two readings we are working with this term, “Letter from Clergy to MLK” and “Letter From Birmingham Jail”. For these two readings, some basic knowledge of US history is crucial, and the following six events/terms/Supreme Court cases are specifically referred to in our readings. Since not all students have had a chance to learn this era of US history before ENC 1102, this exercise will give you some important concepts and events to build on.
Directions:
Upload your answers for any three of these terms below. Make sure you paraphrase your answers to get full credit. Recommended sources are linked in the assignment, if you’re not sure where to start looking for answers. You only need to submit answers for 3 out of the 6 terms listed below.
1) Plessy v. Ferguson – (original Supreme Court decision) When was this decision written? Paraphrase the decision. What was its significance to the Civil Rights movement
see: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.htmlLinks to an external site.
2) Brown v. Board of Education: When was this Supreme Court decision written? Paraphrase the decision. What was its significance to the Civil Rights movement?
see: https://www.britannica.com/event/Brown-v-Board-of-Education-of-TopekaLinks to an external site.
3) Malcolm X and the phrase “by any means necessary”: Who was Malcolm X? What does his use of the phrase “by any means necessary” refer to? What role did Malcolm X play in the Civil Rights movement? What was the significance of “by any means necessary” to the Civil Rights movement?
see https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malcolm-XLinks to an external site. or http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/malcolm-xLinks to an external site.
Links to an external site.
4) Jim Crow laws: What were “Jim Crow” laws? Give at least two examples of Jim Crow laws. Where were they used? Who enforced them and how?
see: Jim Crow Laws, via National Park SystemLinks to an external site.
or the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State Univ http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htmLinks to an external site.
5) 1961 Freedom Rides: who participated in the Freedom Rides, what did the Freedom Riders do, what was their significance to the Civil Rights movement?
See: https://www.britannica.com/event/Freedom-RidesLinks to an external site.
or https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-freedom-riders-then-and-now-45351758/Links to an external site.
6) Sixteenth St. Baptist Church bombing: when did this happen, what happened, what was its significance to the Civil Rights movement? see: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/birmingham-church-bombingLinks to an external site.
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