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