IB History Notes: Civil Rights Movement
Detailed notes (PDF) of key information about the American Civil Rights Movement case study for IB History Paper 1 Prescribed Subject 4: Rights and Protest and Paper 3 for the History of the Americas route.
This includes all the relevant background knowledge and events outlined in the subject guide which students will need to answer questions on the following for Paper 1:
nature and characteristics of discrimination;
protests and action;
the role and significance of key actors and groups.
The document also includes notes for History of the Americas Topic 17: Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas post-1945 for Paper 3:
African Americans and the civil rights movement: origins, tactics and organizations; the US Supreme Court and legal challenges to segregation in education; ending of segregation in the south (1955–1980)
Role of Dr Martin Luther King Jr in the civil rights movement; the rise of radical African American activism (1965–1968)—Black Panthers, Black Power and Malcolm X; role of governments in civil rights movements in the Americas
This notes document has been used by a student who scored a level 7/7 in IB History HL in the May 2020 session.








