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Early Civil Rights Movement
I. Segregation
1. 1947-Jackie Robinson signed to MLB
2. 1948-Truman desegregates military
3. Hypocrisy?
Segregation (cont’d)
4. 1940s-NAACP challenges seg. in S. colleges
5. Topeka, KS; Linda Brown 1st grade
6. Brown suesviolation of equal
protection by seg. policy (14th amend)
7. Thurgood Marshall
8. 1954—”Separate was unequal”
9. 1957:
Little Rock, AR
10. Little Rock
Nine
11. Pres. Ike calls101st Airborne
12. Little Rock finally integrates
Segregation (cont’d)
13.END SEG. ONCE AND FOR
ALL!!!!!
13.Jim Crow Laws
14.Dec. 11, 1955--Rosa Parks
15.MLKBus boycotts
16.95% of riders Af.Am.
17.400 days
Segregation (cont’d)
18. Warren Courtseg. unconst.!!!!
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
Dr. King & Protests (cont’d)
6. 1957Civil Rights Bill1. Weak
2. No fed. protection