Civil Rights Movement
The Other America Not the “American dream” White flight Inner cities decline
Civil Rights Civil Rights Act of 1875 Plessy vs. Ferguson Outlawed segregation in public facilities 1883: Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional Plessy vs. Ferguson Separate but equal is constitutional
Segregation in the South Jim Crow laws
Emmett Till
Civil Rights Movement Strengthens WWII sets stage Job opportunities Armed forces Campaigns for freedom Roosevelt’s directive
Thurgood Marshall & the NAACP NAACP = National Association for the Advancment of Colored People (1909) Thurgood Marshall Focus on school segregation $$ spent on white = 10x more!
School Segregation
Brown vs. Board of Education Linda Brown 8 years old Denied access to all-white elementary school 4 blocks from home Nearest all-black elementary school = 21 blocks Supreme Court rules segregation in schools is unconstitutional 14th Amendment – Equal Protection
Reaction to the Brown Decision Read “Reaction to the Brown Decision” Page 909 – top of 910 Answer on a ½ sheet of paper: What did the Brown II ruling say and why was it necessary? Why weren’t schools in all regions desegregated immediately after the Brown II decision? What effect do you think television coverage of the Little Rock incident had on the nation?