SSUSH22
The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970. Explain the importance of President Truman's order to integrate the US military and the federal government. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball. Explain Brown Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream Speech. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.