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Civil Rights

Civil Rights. Civil Rights are taken, not given! What does the above statement mean? What are Civil Rights? The nonpolitical rights of a citizen, esp. the rights of personal liberty guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Brown V. Board Of Education. Plessy V. Ferguson 1896

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Civil Rights

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  1. Civil Rights • Civil Rights are taken, not given! What does the above statement mean? What are Civil Rights? The nonpolitical rights of a citizen, esp. the rights of personal liberty guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution

  2. Brown V. Board Of Education • Plessy V. Ferguson 1896 • Brown V. Board of Ed 1954 • Linda Brown had to attend an A.A. school far from home • White schools were a short walk to her house • Court Ruled: racial segregation is illegal in public school “There is a difference between the law in books and the law in action”

  3. Little Rock Nine • Little Rock School District was the first Southern District to desegregate • Nine African American Students were admitted to all white Central High in 1957 • Gov. Orval Faubus ordered the National Guard to surround the school • Nat’l Guard ordered to not allow A.A. into the school! • Elizabeth Eckford had to go to school by herself, she met an angry mob • For three weeks the A.A. students were turned away • A court ruled the Nat’l Guard be removed • 9/23/57 the nine were turned away by the white mob • 9/25/57 Pres. Eisenhower ordered the 1000 armed troops to get the Little Rock Nine into school • They stayed with the students for the rest of the year • Ernest Green was the first African American to graduate in ’58.

  4. Montgomery Bus Boycott • African Americans were made to ride in the back of the bus • NAACP wanted equal rights when riding on public transit. • 12/01/55 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a White man • She was arrested • 50,000 African Americans organized a boycott of the bus system • Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen to lead a new group called the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) • Whites tried to break the boycott through intimidation and violence *MIA leaders had their homes bombed *King told followers to resist non-violently • 1956 the Supreme Court ruled the Segregation Law unconstitutional • Civil Rights Act of 1957-federal crime to prevent qualified citizens from voting!

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