2. 21 sec. 1 Fighting Segregation

3. Plessy vs. Ferguson  Law in 1896 which legislated separate but equal

11. 1900’s Segregation  Great Migration - Blacks went north during WWI  Blacks had separate schools, streetcars, bathrooms

12. Black Schools

13. White School, same district

15. NAACP  National Association for Advancement of Colored People  Developed a Strategy to Challenge Laws against the Supreme Court

16. Brown vs. Board of Education  Numerous cases lumped together in one  Brown - Topeka, Kansas

17. Brown vs. Board of Ed. decision  Plessy vs. Ferguson struck down  Students were affected in 21 states  Some states had little problem  Others vowed resistance (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi)

18. Southern Manifesto  90 members of congress “resist desegregation by all lawful means.”

19. Little Rock Nine  Nine black students who desegregated Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas  Governor ordered National Guard to turn them away  Eisenhower orders Army in to allow students to continue

20. Montgomery Bus Boycott  Rosa Parks arrested  King chosen as leader of the boycott  5,000 gather to hear King Speak  Beginning of King Leadership  Boycott lasts 381 days  King ends boycott by riding in front seat

21. Southern Christian Leadership Conference  King led a group of 100 ministers “Carry on nonviolent crusades to end segregation.”  Jesus and Gandhi were role models

22. Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee  Snick  Led Sit ins  Occurred in 48 cities across U.S.