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Do Now:. Staple all print out’s together and hold on to them. Power point on top You have 10 minutes to study for your Johnson quiz. Number 7 change 9164 to 1964. 1890 Louisiana passed a law requiring railroads to provide,. “equal but separate accommodations for the white and black races.”.
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Do Now: • Staple all print out’s together and hold on to them. Power point on top • You have 10 minutes to study for your Johnson quiz. • Number 7 change 9164 to 1964
1890 Louisiana passed a law requiring railroads to provide, • “equal but separate accommodations for the white and black races.”
Plessy V. Ferguson • Homer Plessy 1/8 African America • Tried to go into a train car for whites and was told to go to the African American train car
1896 Supreme Court Ruling • This law “equal but separate” violated the 14th amendment • All Americans should have equal treatment under the law.
Since 1909 • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Legal strategy to stop segregation in law & culture. • Trained young lawyers to help.
Separate Education • NAACP was outraged by the separation of schools and school systems. • 10 times as much money was spent to educate a white child then a black child. • Unbalance of resources given to each group.
A young NAACP lawyer • recruited in 1938 • won a series of court cases that chipped away at Plessy • Won 29 of 32 cases before the Supreme Court!!!
May 17, 1954 • Topeka, Kansas • 9-yr. old Linda Brown • 4 blocks vs. 21 blocks. • 4 states had similar cases that were lumped together into one.
This relates back to the idea of Plessy vs. Ferguson.Separate, but equal.
The Ruling • “We conclude that in the field of public education that doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. • Chief Justice Earl Warren
Within a year over 500 school districts desegregated their schools. • In areas where blacks were the majority, white were less willing to allow blacks in.
Little Rock was desegregating since 1953. • The superintendent Virgil Blossom pushed for desegregation.
Governor Orval Faubus was reelected as a Segregationist in 1956.
Faubus did not support the desegregation. • 9 children • Local officials allowed these African American students to be turned away from Central High School.
Chaos Ensues • Eisenhower orders the Arkansas National Guard and paratroopers into Little Rock. • Why does the President get involved in a state matter?
Troops Desegregate the School • The Little Rock 9 were national figures who helped to inspire others • Problems remained amongst their peers inside the school, but they were in and there to stay!!!
Civil Rights Act of 1957 • First CR Act passed since Reconstruction!!! • Allowed the attorney general to have more control over desegregation and some voting rights • Sponsored by Sen. Lyndon Johnson