cold war vs. race war
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Cold War vs. Race War. Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Brown vs. Board of Education. Supreme Court Case decision that segregated schools are unequal and must desegregate Key Players: NAACP Legal Defense Team led by: Thurgood Marshall - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Cold War vs. Race War
Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
Brown vs. Board of Education
• Supreme Court Case decision that segregated schools are unequal and must desegregate
• Key Players:–NAACP Legal Defense Team led by: Thurgood Marshall
–NAACP Legal Defense Team from VA led by: Oliver Hill
* This included cases in Virginia and around the country
Brown vs. Board of Education Overturned Plessy v Ferguson
All segregated schools were ordered to desegregate
Response:
VIRGINIA
Massive Resistance. Closing some schools
Establishment of private academies
White flight from urban school
systemsBy interpreting its powers broadly, the Supreme Court can reshape American
society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iH4Zx96xbY
Civil Rights Movement
NAACP. The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
Challenged segregation
in the courts1963 March on
Washington- “I have a dream” speech given by Martin Luther King
- Helped influence public opinion to support civil rights legislation
- Demonstrated the power of non-violent, mass protest
Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Act of 1964- Prohibited
discrimination based on race,
religion, national origin,
and gender- Desegregation
public accommodatio
ns
Voting Rights Act of 1965- Outlawed literacy tests
- Federal registrars were
sent to the South to
register voters- The act
resulted in an increase in
African American
voters
President Lyndon Johnson played a major role in the passage of the act
Essential Understanding…
African Americans, working through the
court system and mass protest, reshaped public opinion and
secured the passage of civil rights legislation