Civil Rights 1950s
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- Created on: 25-05-17 21:36
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- Civil Rights 1950s
- Brown vs Topeka case.
- wanted to attend her local school but was refused as it was a white only school.
- Took it to supreme court and helped by black lawyer.
- in 1954 Supreme court ruled that all schools should be integrated with no segregation.
- key for the civil rights movement as it showed that supreme court could be used to gain equal rights for blacks.
- However southern schools ignored this rule and they remained segregated.
- Montgomery bus boycott 1955.
- Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man.
- MLK organised a bus boycott that lasted for 13 months, soon the bus company gave in and started to lose money.
- 1956 supreme court ruled segregation on buses was illegal.
- Showed peaceful protests could work, inspiring people that other things could change using these methods.
- MLK became the leader of civil rights movement.
- Little Rock High School 1957.
- 9 black students attempted to attend there local white school.
- The State Governor stopped them by surrounding the school with state troops.
- He was forced to remove them but this was replaced by a violent force of about 1000 whites.
- The State Governor stopped them by surrounding the school with state troops.
- President Eisenhower sent in federal troops to protect then students.
- Supreme court got involved again and made Governor re-open any closed school.
- Governor was so against the integration of black and white that he closed all the schools in Little Rock.
- However President ordered him to re-open them and federal troops were sent in the protect the students.
- This showed the president was willing to get involved and help black Americans.
- World wide publisity led to people felling sumpathetic for the black students.
- 9 black students attempted to attend there local white school.
- Brown vs Topeka case.
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