Chapter 21, Section 1
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CHAPTER 21, SECTION 1
Demands for Civil Rights
JACKIE ROBINSON Challenging the Rule: Separate Leagues
Dodgers- 1947
MVP- 1949
ALL ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW “nor shall any State deprive any person
of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Has America been living up to its creed?
EARLY 20TH CENTURY Migration 1910-1940
New Deal
World War II
NAACP
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954) Background Thurgood Marshall Case decision Unanimous decision- Warren Court
REACTIONS TO BROWN Different groups Deep South
KKK States’ rights
MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT From the courts to the streets Rosa Parks Bus Boycott- WPC Martin Luther King Jr.
RESISTANCE IN LITTLE ROCK Integration National Guard Eisenhower’s reaction
OTHER VOICES OF PROTEST Mexican Americans
Native Americans