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Achieving Equality: Historic Civil Rights Milestones

Delve into pivotal moments like Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, and the Civil Rights Act of 1957, shaping the fight against segregation and paving the way for equality in America. Explore the courageous figures like Thurgood Marshall and the Little Rock 9 who challenged injustice. Learn how NAACP's legal strategies and landmark court rulings dismantled discriminatory practices. Witness the transformative impact on education and society, celebrating the triumphs in the quest for civil rights.

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Achieving Equality: Historic Civil Rights Milestones

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  1. Do Now: • Staple all print out’s together and hold on to them. Power point on top • You have 10 minutes to study for your Johnson quiz. • Number 7 change 9164 to 1964

  2. 1890 Louisiana passed a law requiring railroads to provide, • “equal but separate accommodations for the white and black races.”

  3. Plessy V. Ferguson • Homer Plessy 1/8 African America • Tried to go into a train car for whites and was told to go to the African American train car

  4. 1896 Supreme Court Ruling • This law “equal but separate” violated the 14th amendment • All Americans should have equal treatment under the law.

  5. In the Courts

  6. NAACP

  7. Since 1909 • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Legal strategy to stop segregation in law & culture. • Trained young lawyers to help.

  8. Separate Education • NAACP was outraged by the separation of schools and school systems. • 10 times as much money was spent to educate a white child then a black child. • Unbalance of resources given to each group.

  9. Thurgood Marshall

  10. A young NAACP lawyer • recruited in 1938 • won a series of court cases that chipped away at Plessy • Won 29 of 32 cases before the Supreme Court!!!

  11. Brown v. Board of Education

  12. May 17, 1954 • Topeka, Kansas • 9-yr. old Linda Brown • 4 blocks vs. 21 blocks. • 4 states had similar cases that were lumped together into one.

  13. This relates back to the idea of Plessy vs. Ferguson.Separate, but equal.

  14. The Ruling • “We conclude that in the field of public education that doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. • Chief Justice Earl Warren

  15. Reactions to Brown vs. Board of Education

  16. 12 million children were affected in 21 states.

  17. Within a year over 500 school districts desegregated their schools. • In areas where blacks were the majority, white were less willing to allow blacks in.

  18. Little Rock was desegregating since 1953. • The superintendent Virgil Blossom pushed for desegregation.

  19. Governor Orval Faubus was reelected as a Segregationist in 1956.

  20. Faubus did not support the desegregation. • 9 children • Local officials allowed these African American students to be turned away from Central High School.

  21. Chaos Ensues • Eisenhower orders the Arkansas National Guard and paratroopers into Little Rock. • Why does the President get involved in a state matter?

  22. Little Rock 9

  23. Troops Desegregate the School • The Little Rock 9 were national figures who helped to inspire others • Problems remained amongst their peers inside the school, but they were in and there to stay!!!

  24. Civil Rights Act of 1957 • First CR Act passed since Reconstruction!!! • Allowed the attorney general to have more control over desegregation and some voting rights • Sponsored by Sen. Lyndon Johnson

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