Civil Rights

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Civil Rights Movement

• Describe what minstrel shows were.
  
• Describe what the Jim Crow laws were. 

At the end of this lesson you'll be able to:

Lesson plan 

• Minstrel shows
• Jim Crow laws
• Black Pete 
• Cartoons

What is your opinion about this song?

• Theater entertainment in the USA - 19th century 
  
• African-American caricature  
• Thomas 'Daddy' Rice > Jump Jim Crow
• Jim Crow racial laws

Minstrel shows

Do you already know something about the racial laws in the US?

Jim Crow laws

• 1870 Equal rights clause - no discrimination on the grounds of colour or ethnicity 
  
• New laws > separate but equal 
• Poor quality of provisions, education and living conditions (ghetto's)
• 1964 > Civil Rights act

Do you think Black Pete is racist? Substantiate your answer

Black Pete

Discuss in pairs what role tradition should play in this matter. 

To what extent should tradition play a role in the matter of Black Pete?

Cartoons

• Propaganda and segregation 
  
• Warner bros., Disney
  

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