1. 29-1: Taking on Segregation

2. 1. 1875: What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 do? It outlawed segregation in public facilities In congress, Robert Elliot gave a celebrated speech in favor of the Bill that became the Civil Rights Act of 1875

3. 2. 1896: How did the Court Rule in Plessy? It upheld the Louisiana’s “Separate but Equal” Law as legal/constitutional Homer Plessy, 1/8 th black, is denied passage in a white only railway car. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow for a “Separate but Equal” doctrine to continue, will make segregation a legal practice in the U.S. until it will finally be overturned in 1954.

4. 3. 1945: In what ways did WWII help set the stage for the modern Civil Rights Movement Opened up job opportunities for African Americans Black soldiers returned home determined to fight for their freedom During the war organizations had actively campaigned for civil rights

5. 4. 1954: Who argued Brown’s Case? Thurgood Marshall, for the NAACP, was the lawyer for the case

6. 5. 1954: What did the Brown ruling declare? The ruling made school segregation illegal

7. 6. 1955: Why did the Court rule as it did in Brown? The court said that segregation creates a “feeling” of inferiority and therefore, “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal”

8. 7. 1955: What organization was formed to support Rosa Parks? The Montgomery Improvement Association was formed to help Rosa Parks. 8. What did it do? It organized a bus boycott of Montgomery buses

9. 9. 1957: How did President Eisenhower respond to the Little Rock crisis? Eisenhower placed the Arkansas National Guard under Federal control and ordered in paratroopers to protect the 9 students at Little Rock High School.

10. 10. 1957: Who was the President of the SCLC? Martin Luther King Jr. 11: 1957: What was SCLC’s purpose The purpose of the SCLC was to carry out non-violent crusades against racism

11. 12. 1960: What did SNCC accomplish and how? Used sit-ins as a technique to desegregate lunch counters