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Service in World War II Cold War
Segregation contradicts democratic goodness Distraction in fight on communism Wrongfully accused see what it’s like to be
mistreated
Brown v Board of Education, 1954 Plessy v Ferguson is reversed NAACP case is led by Thurgood Marshall Separate is not equal-end segregation with all
“deliberate speed”
Little Rock Crisis Central High blocks nine black students Ike sends troops to enforce integration
Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Southern Christian Leadership Conference is
formed Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. chosen to lead-starts
non violence
Freedom Rides Results in Interstate Commerce Clause being
used to prohibit segregation of public facilities (sit-ins desegregate restaurants)
TV publicizes Bull Conner using dogs, fire hoses, cattle prods on protest marchers
Civil Rights Act of 1964 results Outlaws discrimination in employment, public
accommodations
March on Washington
March on Washington calling for passage of Civil Rights Act 1964 MLK gathers 200,000 w/60,000 being white
TV publicizes Selma protest march for voting rights being broken up w/bullwhips, tear gas, billy clubs
Results in Voting Rights Act of 1965 No literacy tests, Fed registers voters not
state
Another legislative result is the 24th Amendment (no poll tax)
Black Power Original purpose for black owned business,
school control, black police, black politicians, pride
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee under Stokely Carmichael wants rights by whatever means
Malcom X’s Black Muslims/Nation of Islam want total separation of races
Black Panthers led by Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Elridge
Cleaver militant group and pro race war
MLK and RFK are assassinated (1968) White help rejected Fear of violence
White backlash from busing and affirmative action
Not needed due to Achievements Last goal met when Civil Rights Act of
1968 bans housing discrimination