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African Americans' Struggle for Civil Rights in the 1950s: From Detroit Riots to Legal Battles

Learn about the Detroit Race Riots of 1943 and the challenges African Americans faced during the 1950s, including segregation, voting violence, and the Civil Rights Movement. Discover how the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund, led by Constance Baker Motley and Thurgood Marshall, fought against racial inequality in education and the barriers faced by black female lawyers in the South.

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African Americans' Struggle for Civil Rights in the 1950s: From Detroit Riots to Legal Battles

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  1. Bell Ringer #5 – 3/12/10 In paragraph form, explain the Detroit Race Riots of 1943. Check pages 725-726 for more information.

  2. African Americans and the 1950s Segregation remained in housing and schools. Violence kept millions of blacks from voting in the deep South. Civil Rights movement started with Brown v. Board of Education in decision in 1954.

  3. NAACP - LDEF In 1940, the NAACP set up the Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDEF) to legally fight against race inequality in education. Constance Baker Motley, the 2nd black woman to attend Columbia Law School, became highly involved in the LDEF and worked with Thurgood Marshall.

  4. Black female lawyer in the South Instead of being called “Miss”, judges called her “Connie”. Was denied local hotels and had to be housed by locals. Yet many locals feared retaliation.

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