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Key Moments in the Civil Rights Movement: Education
 * Discuss: Civil Rights Notes**
 * Notes:**

1) May 18, 1896: In Plessy vs. Ferguson, the US Supreme Court rules that “Separate but Equal Facilities” are legal.

2) May 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) holds its first national conference.

3) May 17, 1954: In Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the US Supreme Court rules that “Separate but Equal” does not apply to public education, overturning Plessy vs. Ferguson.

4) Dec. 1, 1955: Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white man. The resulting bus boycott, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, lasts a year.

5) Jan. 23, 1956: Daisy Bates tries to lead 27 Black students into “White” schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. They are refused entry.

Watch: "The March on Washington at 50": Still Segregated http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/march-on-washington/web-series/episode-3-equality-in-education/#.VFAFIyh8va4

1) What surprised or interested you in the clip? What questions or ideas did it raise for you? 2) How does this connect with you experience at, or insights about, Lincoln? 3) What did the speaker mean when he says it’s not “magic to sit next to a white student, but is magic to attend a middle class school”? 4) Do you agree with his last comment that desegregated America doesn’t exist yet? Why?
 * Discuss:**


 * J: Public Places/Persona**

When you are in public, how do you generally act or present yourself? What elements of society/environment affect you?

Do you change in different public places? If so, which ones and why?

If you are uncomfortable or feel unsafe in public, what do you do?


 * Read: "Black Men in Public Space" by Brent Staples**


 * HW: Finish reading "Black Men in Public Space" and annotate the reading using the guidelines on the text. Be ready to discuss this piece on Monday.**