Civil Rights and Resistance in Virginia

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Objective

I can describe Virginia's political and social events and their relationship to the national history of desegregation and Massive Resistance.

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Part 2 of 3

Practice

7 questions

1

What is segregation?

2

What did the Supreme Court decide in the Brown v. Board of Education case?

Part 3 of 3

Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Describe how Barbara Johns and the student strike in Farmville, Virginia, connect to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Explain Virginia's policy of Massive Resistance and how it was a response to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling. How did the desegregation of schools in Virginia relate to the larger Civil Rights Movement happening across the United States?

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