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