7.01 The Years Leading Up to the Civil Rights Movement

​Sound Smart: Plessy v. Ferguson (2:06) YouTube

BrainPOP

Go to your school Gmail. Click on the "waffle" at the top of the screen. A box
similar to the one pictured to the left will appear. Scroll down until you see the
BrainPOP icon. When you click on this icon, you should automatically log into
BrainPOP.

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Now search Tulsa Race Massacre in the search box at the top of the screen.

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​BrainPOP: Tulsa Race Massacre

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (2:06) YouTube

​Sgt. Isaac Woodard’s Story (2:06) YouTube

​Go to your school Gmail. Click on the "waffle" at the top of the screen. A box similar to the one pictured to the left will appear. Scroll down until you see the BrainPOP icon. When you click on this icon, you should automatically log into BrainPOP.

Now search Jackie Robinson in the search box at the top of the screen.

BrainPOP: Jackie Robinson

As you watch this video about Jackie
Robinson, look for answers to the following
questions:

1. What sports did Jackie Robinson letter

in while at UCLA?

2. While in the army, why was Jackie

Robinson arrested?

3. What did fans and players do to Jackie

Robinson when he was playing for the
Brooklyn Dodgers?

Think about what might have happened if
Jackie Robinson had not played with the
dignity that he did and had not walked away
from the insults and threats made by fans
and the treatment he received from other
baseball players.

Go to VerifyThis and read about the first African Americans

to play in the major leagues.