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APUSH Review: Civil Rights in the 1950s

Learn about key civil rights achievements in the 1950s for success in APUSH, including Jackie Robinson breaking the MLB color barrier and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Study test tips and Southern resistance to Brown v. Board of Education.

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APUSH Review: Civil Rights in the 1950s

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  1. www.Apushreview.com APUSH Review: Civil Rights in the 1950s Everything You Need To Know About Civil Rights in the 1950s To Succeed In APUSH

  2. Key Civil Rights Achievements Prior to 1950 • Jackie Robinson: • Broke the MLB color barrier on April 15, 1947 • Executive Order 9981 (1948): • Desegregated the US military • A. Phillip Randolph: • Civil Rights advocate • Led to FDR banning segregation in defense industries (Executive Order 8802)

  3. Emmett Till • August, 1955, 14 year old Till visited family in Mississippi • After allegedly saying “Bye baby” to the white clerk, he was kidnapped and murdered • His mother insisted on an open casket • The defendants were found not guilty via an all-white jury

  4. Brown v. Board of Education (1954) • Thurgood Marshall • NAACP lawyer, argued on behalf of Brown, future justice • Earl Warren • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court • States must desegregate schools with “all deliberate speed”

  5. Southern Resistance to Brown • Massive Resistance: • Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia • Many Southern schools were shut down, rather than desegregate • Southern Manifesto (March, 1956): • Signed by 96 members of Congress • Argued that the Supreme Court abused its power – education was NOT mentioned in the Constitution • "The original Constitution does not mention education. Neither does the 14th Amendment nor any other amendment.”

  6. “Little Rock Nine” • Governor Orville Faubus of Arkansas resisted desegregation of Little Rock High School • Used the National Guard to keep black students from entering the school • After a court ruled the Guard to leave, students were harassed by a mob • Eisenhower sent federal troops to allow the students in • “We are a nation in which laws, not men, are supreme.” • 1st time since Reconstruction the military intervened to protect African American rights

  7. The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) • December 1, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat • Black churches played a large role in organizing the boycott • Women’s Political Council (WPC): • Telephone tree • Martin Luther King, Jr. – 26 years old • Drew on ideas from Jesus, Thoreau, and Gandhi • 1 year after Rosa Parks was arrested, Montgomery busses were desegregated

  8. Test Tips • Essay Topics: • Types of protest – civil rights, wars, etc. • Comparing 1950s – 60s with previous time periods • Tips for Multiple-Choice questions: • Brown reversed Plessy • Eisenhower’s response to Little Rock • King was influenced by Thoreau and Gandhi • Good Luck!

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