The Race for Nuclear Superiority The Power Behind the Cold War.
Cold War vs. Race War
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Cold War vs. Race War
Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
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Brown vs. Board of Education
• Supreme Court Case decision that segregated schools are unequal and must desegregate
• Key Players:–NAACP Legal Defense Team led by: Thurgood Marshall
–NAACP Legal Defense Team from VA led by: Oliver Hill
* This included cases in Virginia and around the country
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Brown vs. Board of Education Overturned Plessy v Ferguson
All segregated schools were ordered to desegregate
Response:
VIRGINIA
Massive Resistance. Closing some schools
Establishment of private academies
White flight from urban school
systemsBy interpreting its powers broadly, the Supreme Court can reshape American
society
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iH4Zx96xbY
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Civil Rights Movement
NAACP. The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
Challenged segregation
in the courts1963 March on
Washington- “I have a dream” speech given by Martin Luther King
- Helped influence public opinion to support civil rights legislation
- Demonstrated the power of non-violent, mass protest
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Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Act of 1964- Prohibited
discrimination based on race,
religion, national origin,
and gender- Desegregation
public accommodatio
ns
Voting Rights Act of 1965- Outlawed literacy tests
- Federal registrars were
sent to the South to
register voters- The act
resulted in an increase in
African American
voters
President Lyndon Johnson played a major role in the passage of the act
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Essential Understanding…
African Americans, working through the
court system and mass protest, reshaped public opinion and
secured the passage of civil rights legislation