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Civil Rights. Thanks for coming in…. Where does it begin?. Plessy v. Ferguson Separate but equal?. World War II. Executive Order #8802 opened government jobs and defense contract work to African Americans on the basis of equal pay for equal work
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Civil Rights Thanks for coming in…
Where does it begin? • Plessy v. Ferguson • Separate but equal?
World War II • Executive Order #8802 • opened government jobs and defense contract work to African Americans on the basis of equal pay for equal work • 1947 – Truman completely desegregates the US military • Troops overseas • Hitler comparison
What blacks are up against, and strategies. • 1950 Stats • 15 million blacks, 2/3 in South • 20% are registered to vote, only 5% in “deep” • Jim Crow Laws: • Kept blacks economically inferior, and politically powerless • Breaking barriers • Jackie Robinson #42 (1947) • Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) • Claudette Colvin • Rosa Parks • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Sit-ins (1960) • “fellows like you…”
SuperChief • Chief Justice Earl Warren • President Eisenhower did not want to address Civil Rights, Warren made him • Brown v. Board of Ed. • Gideon v. Wainwright • Reynolds v. Sims • Miranda v. Arizona • Warren Commission
Little Rock 9 • 10 years later… • 2% of Southern schools were integrated • Little Rock, Arkansas (1957) • Governor OrvalFaubus • President Eisenhower is forced to act • National Guard v. Federal Troops
Concluding thoughts. • Is there anything you feel so powerful about that you would be willing to endure this? • Are we, as Americans, done?