POST WW 2 CIVIL RIGHTS US History HISTORICAL

POST WW 2 CIVIL RIGHTS US History

HISTORICAL CONTEXT Reconstruction Amendments th 13 (1865) th 14 (1868) 15 th (1870)

HISTORICAL CONTEXT Post Reconstruction South (1877 -1960 s) Jim Crow Laws Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Lynchings Poll Tax Literacy Test Sharecropping

HISTORICAL CONTEXT Reformers W. E. B. Du. Bois Booker T. Washington Marcus Garvey

HISTORICAL CONTEXT Movements Great Migration (1900 -1945) Harlem Renaissance (1920 s) World War II Double V Campaign

DESEGREGATION OF THE MILITARY

BROWN V. TOPEKA BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954) Segregation Before 1954: Red: Required Blue: Optional Yellow: No Rules Green: Prohibited

BROWN V. TOPEKA BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954)

EARL WARREN THURGOOD MARSHALL (NAACP)

BROWN V. TOPEKA BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954) Background: Oliver Brown wanted to send his daughter Linda to the neighborhood school but was unable to do so due to segregation laws. Legal Questions: Do Topeka’s segregation laws violate the equal protection clause in the 14 th Amendment? Legal Decision: Yes (9 -0) Impact: Separate is inherently unequal. Schools should be desegregated with “all deliberate speed. ”

LITTLE ROCK CRISIS

ROSA PARKS & THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. & THE SCLC

FREEDOM RIDERS

FREEDOM RIDERS

BIRMINGHAM CAMPAIGN 1963

LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that ‘an unjust law is no law at all’” "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”

MARCH ON WASHINGTON (13: 12 - )

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 Outlawed all segregation in the United States. Prohibited discrimination (racial, gender or religious) in the workforce.

HEART OF ATLANTA MOTEL V. US (1964) Background: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited segregation in public accommodations. The Heart of Atlanta Motel wanted to be able to choose its own customers. Legal Questions: Was the CRA of 1964 constitutional? Legal Decision: Yes (9 -0) Impact: Legalizes the CRA of 1964 essentially ending legal segregation in the United States.

FREEDOM SUMMER (FANNIE LOU HAMER) SKIP 1: 10 TO 2: 35

SELMA MARCH

SELMA MARCH

SELMA MARCH

SELMA MARCH

SELMA MARCH

SELMA MARCH

END TO VOTING RESTRICTIONS 24 th Amendment (1964) Voting Rights Act of 1965 Outlaws the Poll Tax for National Elections Outlaws the Literacy Test Outlaws Poll Tax for Local/State Elections

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES MALCOLM X BLACK PANTHERS

PROGRESS?

POPULAR CULTURE CHANGES ATTITUDES

PRESIDENT OBAMA Post Racial America? 2016 Election – Reactionary? Donald Trump Birtherism