Example Of Segregation

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March Book One:
Owen Mei
1. What are some examples of segregation and the Jim Crow laws in the 1940s - 1960s? Examples of segregation is that blacks weren 't allowed to go to school. They weren 't served at restaurants and were to sit at the end of a bus. Some Jim Crow laws were that they sat at the end of buses and have different rooms. Blacks were to be separately educated.
2. What are some events that lead to Civil Rights Movement? Some events were people getting mad that they aren 't treated fairly with the whites. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. had a speech. He was against it. Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat in the bus and a protest started. She was arrested.
3. What are some examples of racism? Whites constantly called blacks …show more content…

4. What are some examples of blind acceptance of the "status-quo"? Blacks accepted what is happening and whites blindly accepted the rules about blacks and got used to them and didn 't allow them to go to some places.
5. Who were local and national heroes in the story? John Lewis, Dr Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Jim Lawson, and the people were marched.
6. How did they become heroes? They worked hard to get rights for blacks and for human rights. They refused to move and had sit-ins and learned to be non-violent.
7. What are some powers of the local government, especially in times of civic unrest?
The government could arrest people that did the "wrong" thing and could make rules with segregation between blacks and whites.
8. What are some limits of the local government, especially in the times of civic unrest? They can 't kill people for no reason and sometimes can 't resist people from not allowing blacks to be served in different businesses.
9. What are some of the powers of the national government, especially in the times of civic unrest? The national government could change laws and send troops to attack blacks.
10. What are some of the limits of the national government, especially in times of civic unrest? The national government can 't stop a mass march if he

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