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Chapter 21 Section 1-2 CIVIL RIGHTS 1950’S-60’S
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Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 Separate but equal did not violate 14 th ammendment Jim Crow Laws = Separating the races “Whites Only” “Colored Water” -All black neighborhoods -forbade interracial marriage -everything separate Job Competition WWII = New opportunities / Armed forces SEGREGATION
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NAACP = led desegregation campaign Thurgood Marshall = law student Dedicated his life to fighting racism Schools 29 / 32 cases won Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 8 year old Linda Brown was denied entry to an all white school right next to her house. Supreme court said Segregation is unconstitutional And it violated 14 th ammendment Chief Justice Earl Warren COURTS
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“The people of Georgia will not comply with the decision of the court……” 1955 Brown II = School desegregation implemented immediately Arkansas :”Little Rock Nine” 1957 Governor = Orval Faubus for segregation he ordered National guard to keep them out NAACP Central High School http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEVSIt96R00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEVSIt96R00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcRpcLy7kfw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcRpcLy7kfw REACTION
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Eisenhower has to react National Guard under federal control Sent there and attended class with them Central High Closes 1957 Civil Rights Act Gave Attorney General more power over school desegregation Federal government jurisdiction over violation of voting rights for African Americans CONT.
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December 1955 Rosa Parks Seamstress Rode bus every day NAACP Officer Took a seat in the front row “colored section” Bus filled = Refused to move Arrested http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=7ZhSNiTQuqo http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=7ZhSNiTQuqo Bus Boycott Montgomery, Alabama 381 days Martin Luther King Jr. Lead the group 26 Birth of power of MLK 1956 Supreme Court outlawed bus segregation MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QXNyCvDP4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QXNyCvDP4 EMMETT TILL
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Non-violent resistance = “Soul Force” Civil Disobedience = Refusal to obey an unjust law Massive demonstrations Southern Christian Leadership Conference = SCLC Carry out nonviolent crusades Protests / Demonstrations Churches as base Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee = SNCC National Protest Group Shaw University Raleigh N.C. MLK JR. MOVEMENT
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Congress of Racial Equality = CORE Sit-ins Sat at segregated lunch counters Refused to leave Greensboro N.C. = Woolworths TV Beating, jeering, pouring food over students Refused to strike back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbbcjn4d1cE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbbcjn4d1cE DEMONSTRATIONS
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1961 Alabama White racists Attacked buses, smashed windows, fire bombs Kennedy = 400 U.S. marshals sent to protect the riders Banned segregation in all interstate travel facilities FREEDOM RIDERS
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September 1962 University of Mississippi All White James Meredith African American won a court case that allowed him to enroll Governor James Barnett Refused to let him register “We will never surrender Kennedy Orders marshals to escort him to register Campus riots 2 deaths Thousands of soldiers 200 arrests 15 hours In the end he kept attending OLE MISS
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1963 Birmingham Most segregated city Demonstrations May 2 1000+ African-American children marched 959 arrested May 3 2 nd Children’s crusade Fire hoses Attack dogs Clubs TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0lD37bq8YI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0lD37bq8YI Finally ended segregation ALABAMA
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1963 Kennedy outraged Sends troops Governor George Wallace Forced to desegregate University of Alabama Civil Rights Bill Equal access to all public accommodations Attorney General Power to file school desegregation suits KENNEDY TAKES A STAND
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August 28, 1963 250,000+ people 75,000 whites Washington Monument to Lincoln Memorial Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE MARCH TO WASHINGTON
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Freedom Summer College Students Non-violent Resistance Register Voters KKK = murders, destruction of homes / businesses Selma Campaign Protests – to Montgomery 600+ Police Whips, clubs, tear gas Johnson sends Congress a bill immediately Voting Rights Act 1965 Eliminated literacy tests Federal examiners could enroll those who were denied VOTING
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