civil rights
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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plessy v. ferguson
- LA: Separate Car Act
- Plessy: 7/8 white; 1/8 black
- Volunteered to test law
- Arrested
- Supreme Court: "Separate but equal ..."
plessy v. ferguson
- 14th Amendment ...
- Not intended to abolish color distinctions
- ... nor to allow racial commingling
- Separate but equal facilities
sit-ins
- Underlying problem for black Americans?
- What is a sit-in?
- How was it suppose to help?
sit-ins
- First four that started "the movement"
- Who joined them?
Reactions
sit-ins
Aftermath: Many restaurants began to ...
freedom riders
freedom riders
Court: Segregated interstate buses ILLEGAL
freedom riders
- Who were they?
- What was their intent?
freedom riders: Anniston, AL
- A bus burned; a few beatings
freedom riders: Birmingham, AL
freedom riders: Montgomery, al
freedom riders
How did President Kennedy protect them?
freedom riders: Jackson, mississippi
freedom rides
What did they accomplish?
little rock 9
little rock 9
- 1954 Brown vs. Board of Ed. of Topeka?
- Separate educational facilities were ..."?"
- Overturned which case?
southern white reaction
Little Rock 9
governor faubus: Little rock 9
national guard: "no entry"
little rock 9
president eisenhower: did 2 things
Little Rock 9
the lost year
the lost year
- What did the Governor do?
- Where did white students go for school?
- Where did black students go for school?
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the lost year
- What happened to supportive teachers?
- What happened to school board members?
- How were state employees intimidated?
