1. Early Civil Rights Movement

4. I. Segregation 1.1947-Jackie Robinson signed to MLB 2.1948-Truman desegregates military 3.Hypocrisy?

7. Segregation (cont’d) 4.1940s-NAACP challenges seg. in S. colleges 5.Topeka, KS; Linda Brown 1 st grade 6.Brown sues  violation of equal protection by seg. policy (14 th amend) 7.Thurgood Marshall 8.1954—”Separate was unequal”

8. 9.1957: Little Rock, AR 10. Little Rock Nine

10. 11. Pres. Ike calls 101 st Airborne 12. Little Rock finally integrates

12. Segregation (cont’d) 13.END SEG. ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!! 13.Jim Crow Laws 14.Dec. 11, 1955--Rosa Parks 15.MLK  Bus boycotts 16.95% of riders Af.Am. 17.400 days

13. Segregation (cont’d) 18. Warren Court  seg. unconst.!!!!

14. II. Dr. King & Nationwide Protests 1.MLK heads the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 2.Get rid of Jim Crow! 3.Civil disobedience; nonviolence 4.Greensboro, NC 5.Sit-Ins

16. Dr. King & Protests (cont’d) 6.1957  Civil Rights Bill 1.Weak 2.No fed. protection