The Decade of Change: Part 1 Week 2-7 US History 2 Ms. Lyons
Civil Rights 1947: Jackie Robinson plays MLB Brooklyn Dodgers 1948: Truman ends segregation in military ✓ 1954: Brown vs. Board of Education * Stop segregation in schools! 1955-56: Montgomery Bus Boycott * 1957: Eisenhower uses National Guard to enforce desegregation *
Earl Warren’s Supreme Court 1953-1969 Increased rights for African-Americans Brown v. BoE * Linda Brown (young, black girl wanted to go to all-white school) NAACP joined the case Reversed Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Desegregated schools Little Rock, AK * Governor of Arkansas used troops to STOP blacks students from going to a white school President Eisenhower took federal control of troops & told them to look up Brown v. BoE
Activism: Civil Rights Movement Montgomery Bus Boycott * Rosa Parks started it in 1955 Lasted 381 days Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. becomes a leader Follows Gandhi & Thoreau’s “civil disobedience” Freedom Rides Tested desegregation laws
Different Ideas Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X SCLC Civil disobedience led marches, boycotts… Malcolm X Black power, black nationalism “By any means necessary” Violence /force
Activism: Civil Rights Movement … James Meredith sues University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) HE WON - 1st black man admitted to the school Bullied by other students the entire time He graduated! JFK sent in federal troops to help calm campus Greensboro, NC sit-ins (1960) Started with 4 black college freshmen The store refused to serve them. They sat.
“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” Birmingham, AL protests (1963) Broken up with hoses & dogs Scenes on TV across the US (won support) Dr. King went to jail Medgar Evers (1963) murdered outside of his home Worked for the NAACP University of Alabama tried to stop blacks from attending JFK sent troops to help black students March on Washington Supported JFK’s civil rights bill “I Have a Dream” speech given by Dr. King Shortly after, King was assassinated
EFFECT: Civil Rights Act of 1964 JFK dies, but President Johnson signs his bill Protects voting, desegregation, equal job opportunities Voting Rights Acts of 1965 Johnson passed this after Southerners ignored the Civil Rights Act No literacy tests or poll taxes allowed
Nominations for “Best in Civil Rights”