The Cold War at Home Postwar America was characterized by a fear of Communist subversion. House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC Alien Registration Act (Smith Act) 1940 Federal Loyalty Program 1947 Alger Hiss McCarran Internal Security Act 1950 Civil Defense Act 1951

CW @ Home Ethel and Julius Rosenberg McCarran-Walter Act 1952 Joseph McCarthy Election of 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Origins of the Civil Rights Movement The germination of the CW Mov’t occurred during the 1950’s as the Supreme Court issued its desegregation decision. The Cold War indicated the need to confront racial injustice at home. In addition urban communities began organizing, pressuring and protesting, thus making it highly visible to the rest of the United States. Brown v. Board of Education Topeka KS 1954 Little Rock 1957 Rosa Parks Dr. Martin Luther King SCLC Civil Rights Act in 1957 Commission on Civil Rights

Struggle for Racial Equality Overview Sit-Ins---SNCC Stokely Carmichael Freedom Rides CORE James Meredith Governor George Wallace March On Washington August 1963 “Freedom Summer” 1964 Malcolm X

Racial Equality “Black Power” Carmichael/H. Rap Brown Black Panthers Huey Newton “Affirmative Action” Urban Riots MLK assassination

Eisenhower and Foreign Policy Military Industrial Complex John F. Dulles massive retaliation brinkmanship Geneva Summit Conference “open skies” plan Domino Theory Eisenhower Doctrine U-2 Invident