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Separate but UnequalLesson starter:Why did World War Two put more pressure on the government to give Black Americans Civil Rights?
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Today we will…
• Understand why the Civil Rights Movement grew after WWII
• Identify some cases which proved Black Americans would no longer settle for ‘Separate but Unequal’
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Background…• During WWII, Black
Americans fought for a country which would not treat them as equals
• The Great Migration had highlighted discrimination issues and showed that racism was not only a Southern problem
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Case 1Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education
• Topeka, Kansas• 8 year old Linda Brown’s father
thought it was wrong she had to go to a school for Black children
• The school was further away than the white school and was badly looked after
• Her father took the School Board to court
• It eventually reached the Supreme Court (most important court)
Linda Brown
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Decision• In 1954 the Supreme
Court judged that ‘separate education facilities were unequal’
• They decided schools should be desegregated
• This was the first victory of the Civil Rights Movement
• The Supreme Court had made a U Turn since 1896
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Problem• Southern States tried to ignore
the Supreme Court’s decision• Schools which tried to
desegregate were met by violent mobs and KKK attacks
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Case 2Little Rock, Arkansas
• Central High School decided to take nine Black students in September 1957
• The governor of Arkansas was against desegregation
• He sent state soldiers to stop the children getting into school
• An angry white mob also gathered outside the school who intimidated and spat on the studentsArkansas state Governor
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State troops directing Elizabeth Eckford away from the
school
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An angry white mob shout abuse at Elizabeth Eckford
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Elizabeth Eckford
• My knees started to shake and I wondered if I would make it in the school. The crowd moved closer and closer…they shouted ‘ let’s take care of that nigger!’
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The Decision• President Eisenhower
was not willing to allow this
• He removed the Arkansas state soldiers
• He put in 1000 US troops to protect the Black students
• They stayed for a year, even patrolling corridors
• The case drew worldwide attention for civil rights
President Eisenhower
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Troops outside Central High School
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US troops stayed for over a year
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Case 3James Meredith at Ole Miss
• 1962, a black student James Meredith tried to attend Mississippi Law School (Ole’ Miss)
• The Mississippi authorities banned his entrance
• September 30 over 500 federal marshals accompanied him for protection
• They were met by a white mob of 2000+ and riots broke out
• Riots broke out – 2 journalists killed
James Meredith
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Violent riots broke out
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The Decision
• JFK had to send 16,000 troops to protect Meredith and restore order
• Troops remained there for a year to protect one black student
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What do these three cases show?
• The US government was no longer willing to let Southern States do what they wanted
• Southern States would be forced to integrate
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