Civil Rights Movement for Kids: A History with 21 Activities

Civil Rights Movement for Kids: A History with 21 Activities — page 7
Let the ORED Children Lead Early Days the 1950s Let the Gilles lead Segregation laws were the products of prejudice and specifically of racism These laws also increased prejudice by separating people so that they could not get to know one another and learn about their mistaken beliefs Introduction Imagine laws ordering you not to eat with ride the bus with go to school with or marry someone just because you and that per son had different skin colors Segregation the separation of per sons on the basis of skin color was the law of the southern United States during the 1950s This chapter looks at segregation and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement that ultimately dismantled segregation laws The chapter also introduces courageous young people who