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1 Brown v. Board of Education (1954), “All Deliberate Speed” (1955) 1955: Brown II: Court orders integration “with all deliberate speed”

2 Southern Resistance – 80% of whites opposed – Southern state legislatures passed laws preventing enforcement of Brown – Whites boycotted integrated schools – KKK reemerged – White Citizens Council emerged Moton, Virginia, English 9 Class “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary to abolish the Negro race, proper methods should be used. Among these are guns, bows and arrows, sling shots and knives. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all whites are created equal with certain rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of dead niggers. --U.S. Senator James Eastland (D-MS) 1956, in a speech during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in front of 10,000 white anti-boycott supporters

3 The Little Rock Nine Gov. Orval Faubus Desegregation plan at Central High School

4 Faubus Calls Out National Guard to Block Students Elizabeth Eckford runs into a mob

5 Faubus and Eisenhower Meet But the next day Faubus only has 10 police outside the school and a mob won’t let students in!! Eisenhower sends in 101 st Airborne division This was an issue of FEDERALISM No one messes with me Faubus....

6 [1:00-5:00 Southern Resistance] 5:00-30:00 LR9 Students escorted to classes by the military….. …but there were still many hardships for the Nine


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