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OLD LAWS IGNORED

Explore the historical journey of civil rights in America from the legal negligence of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the rise of new policies enforcing racial etiquette and segregation, leading to pivotal moments like Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board. Witness the resistance that began with organizations like the NAACP, inspiring figures like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., and facing crises in schooling integration like the Little Rock Nine, ultimately paving the way for the Civil Rights Movement to shape modern society.

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OLD LAWS IGNORED

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  1. OLD LAWS IGNORED -14th Amendment -15th Amendment -Constitution was ignored by legal system and citizens

  2. NEW POLICIES ENFORCED -racial etiquette -Jim Crow laws -Segregation Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 Separate but Equal doctrine

  3. TIMES START TO CHANGE -WW II exposed racism -Truman’s civil rights agenda -Jackie Robinson -Warren Court Brown v. Board Ends Segregation 1954

  4. RESISTANCE BEGINS -Prior beginnings -NAACP had been fighting foe equality since its founding in 1909 -Vernon Johns -Rosa Parks 1955 Bus Segregation Montgomery, Ala. -Martin Luther King Bus boycotts

  5. RESISTANCE BEGINS -Prior beginnings -NAACP had been fighting foe equality since its founding in 1909 -Vernon Johns -Rosa Parks 1955 Bus Segregation Montgomery, Ala. -Martin Luther King Bus boycotts

  6. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. -pastor at Dexter Ave Church at age 26 -belief in non-violent resistance Gandhi Henry David Thoreau -movement is battle for public opinion -became leader of the movement -SCLC -SNCC

  7. CRISIS IN SCHOOLING -Brown v. Board -Resistance to integration -Little Rock Central Little Rock Nine 1957 Governor orders National Guard to stop black students -Use of Federal troops by Eisenhower to integrate

  8. CRISIS IN SCHOOLING -Brown v. Board -Resistance to integration -Little Rock Central Little Rock Nine 1957 Governor orders National Guard to stop black students -Use of Federal troops by Eisenhower to integrate

  9. CRISIS IN SCHOOLING -Brown v. Board -Resistance to integration -Little Rock Central Little Rock Nine 1957 Governor orders National Guard to stop black students -Use of Federal troops by Eisenhower to integrate

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