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Notes 3.1B: The Beginning of the Modern Civil Rights Movement

Notes 3.1B: The Beginning of the Modern Civil Rights Movement. I. Early Actions. Rosa Parks 1. Rosa Parks , a secretary for the NAACP, rode the bus home everyday after work. 2. On D ecember 1, 1955, the driver demanded she move. Rosa refused.

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Notes 3.1B: The Beginning of the Modern Civil Rights Movement

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  1. Notes 3.1B: The Beginning of the Modern Civil Rights Movement

  2. I. Early Actions • Rosa Parks 1. Rosa Parks, a secretary for the NAACP, rode the bus home everyday after work. 2. On December 1, 1955, the driver demanded she move. Rosa refused. 3. At the next bus stop Rosa Parks was arrested.

  3. B. The Montgomery Bus Boycott • The black leaders in Montgomery began a campaign encouraging African Americans to refuse to ride the bus. • A drop in that many riders would severely damage the bus company’s profitability. • This continued until the Bus Company changed its segregation policy. • Significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott • First large-scale example of Civil Disobedience in the Civil Rights Movement. • Demonstrated that something could be done concerning the lack of rights for and by African Americans. • Martin Luther King Jr. was hired as the spokesperson for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

  4. C. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) • Organized in 1957 following the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott. • Organized by Martin Luther Kin Jr. and other African American clergymen. • Introduced the idea of non-violent protest to the United States Civil Rights Movement. • Non-violent civil disobedience will draw attention to injustice in the southern states.

  5. II. Opposition to the Civil Rights Movement • Requirements of Brown v Board of Education1954 • The Court Allowed a year for schools to evaluate their situation in the area of integration. • After one year the court ordered schools to integrate. • Many schools across the nation integrated. • States in the Deep South resisted.

  6. II. Opposition to the Civil Rights Movement (cont.) • Governor OrvalFaubus was seeking re-election in Arkansas. • Governor Faubus was not well liked in Arkansas due to recent tax hikes. • Central High School in Little Rock planned to allow nine black students to attend during the upcoming school year. • The day before the students were to attend school, Governor Faubus stationed the National Guard around the school to prevent the black students from attending. • Several days later the Guardsmen were ordered away from the school, but mobs harassed the students until they left. • President Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne Division to aid the Little Rock Nine in attending Central High School and forced integration.

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