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Chapter 29

Chapter 29. Taking on Segregation. Thurgood Marshall. NAACP 29 out of 32 Cases in Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas. Ended legalized segregation in the entire United States. Brown v Board of Education, 1954. Rosa Parks. Decided to fight segregation

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Chapter 29

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  1. Chapter 29 Taking on Segregation

  2. Thurgood Marshall • NAACP • 29 out of 32 Cases in Supreme Court • Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

  3. Ended legalized segregation in the entire United States Brown v Board of Education, 1954

  4. Rosa Parks • Decided to fight segregation • Sat on the first row of seats on a bus • When asked to move refused • Arrested

  5. Bus Boycott • Organized by a little known pastor of local church who really did not want to do it. • Refusal to ride buses • Marched every where • Rode in cars and organized rides for all • Supreme court finally rued that bus segregation was illegal

  6. The Little known Pastor was Martin Luther King Jr.

  7. SCLC • Southern Christian Leadership Conference • Non-violent protest against segregation

  8. SNCC • Students Nonviolent coordinating committees • Picture is Atlanta Division

  9. Freedom Riders

  10. The March on Washington(I have a dream Speech)

  11. Civil Rights Act of 1957 • Established Federal Commission of Civil Rights • Established a Civil Right division in the Justice Department to enforce Civil Rights Laws • Enlarged Federal power to protect voting rights

  12. Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Banned most discrimination in employment and in public accommodations • Enlarged federal power to protect voting rights and speed up school desegregation • Established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to ensure fair treatment in employment

  13. Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Eliminated voter literacy tests • Enable federal examiners to register voters

  14. Civil Rights Act of 1968 • Prohibited discrimination in the sale and rental of most housing • Strengthened anti lynching laws • Made it a crime to harm civil rights workers

  15. Types of Segregation sought • De facto segregation • Segregation that exists by practice and custom • De jure segregation • Segregation by law

  16. One of the worst violent outbreaks in the history of the US Watts, California

  17. New Leaders begin to emerge

  18. Stokely Carmichael • Black Power • Black Panthers

  19. April 4, 1968

  20. James Earl Ray

  21. Affirmative Action Efforts to consciously hire or employ people who have been discriminated against

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