Civil rights in the USA

Civil rights in the USA
- The Open Door policy and immigration to 1928
  At the end of World War One there were three main ethnic groups in the USA - White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, 'new' immigrants from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean, and Black Americans.
- Separate but equal policy to 1939
  Despite emancipation during the Civil War, black Americans continued to face prejudice. Many states introduced legislation - known as Jim Crow laws - that segregated black from white Americans.
- Civil rights campaigns 1945-1965
  Notable events in the civil rights movement in the 1950s were the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Little Rock. The 1960s saw Sit Ins, the Freedom Rides and protests in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Ghettos and black American radicalism
  In the early 1960s alternative approaches to the Civil Rights movement developed. Organisations which advocated different approaches included the Nation of Islam and the Black Panthers.
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- US immigration to 1928. Video
  Why did the immigration policy of the USA change in the 1920s?
- Separate but equal. Video
  The fight for black civil rights in the USA.
- Black civil rights up to 1968. Video
  Protests and campaigns fought for black civil rights in 1960s USA.
- Ghettos and black radicalism. Video
  The rise of black radicalism in 1960s America.
- Racial segregation in the Southern states. Video
  Racial segregation in the USA in the 1870s and 1880s.
- The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Video
  The reasons for race riots and the rise of the Ku Klux Kan in 1920s America.
- American controls on voting rights from 1870. Video
  A look at laws introduced in the American South to prevent African Americans from voting.
- Migration from the Southern United States. Video
  The reasons for the Great Migration and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
- The 1963 March on Washington. Video
  The 1963 March on Washington to highlight racial injustice.
- Children's Crusade. Video
  Civil Rights ‘foot soldiers’ describe the 1963 'Children's Crusade' march.
- Importance of African American churches. Video
  The role of the churches as a voice and as a social institution for African Americans.
- Post-1945 segregation. Video
  Racial segregation in the USA.
- 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, 1963. Video
  Personal accounts of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
- JFK and the civil rights movement. Video
  President Kennedy's involvement in the civil rights movement.
- Non-violent protest in Birmingham, Alabama. Video
  Martin Luther King joins activists in their non-violent protest against segregation.
- Montgomery Bus Boycott. Video
  How the arrest of Rosa Parks led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in America.

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