Chapter 21 Part 1 Pages
Terms to Know Segregation Plessy v Ferguson Brown v Board of Education Rosa Parks Martin Luther King Jr. SCLC SnCC
The Civil War and Reconstruction National Supremacy Amendments: -13 abolition of slavery 14 Rights of Citizenship 15 The vote
What stood in the way? The KKK Black Codes Economic pressure The Poll Tax Literacy Tests The Court
1896 Plessey v Ferguson Separate but Equal IS constitutional 1954 Brown v Board of Education overturned the Plessey case
Southern Reaction Refused to comply with the Court’s ruling Brown II: States must integrate schools “with all deliberate speed” Did not help much
Pupil Placement Laws State laws justifying segreagtion Students were placed in schools according to their solcial behavior and academic standing The Court upheld these laws!
Rosa Parks 1955 Refused to give up her seat to a white guy on the bus Was arrested
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A very young Baptist minister Organized a bus Boycott Montgomery, Alabama Went on for 11 months Hugely successful 1957 Civil Rights Act: segregation in public transportation is illegal
Civil Rights Groups The SCLC The NAACP SNCC CORE The Black Muslims (Nation of Islam) The Black Panthers)
Nashville, Tenn The Athens of the South Freedom Rides Integrating lunch counters (Core) Little Rock Arkansas and Eisenhower Arkansas and Virginia
The SCLC 1957 Dr. King’s philosophy and inspiration Jesus Gandhi Labor Unions Ella Baker and SNCC The NAACP
CORE 1946 Chicago Sit-ins to integrate lunch counters Greensboro, NC. Sit ins at Woolworths Beatings, violence…televised