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Civil Rights movement 1945-55
- President Truman
- Desegregation of armed forces 1950
- To secure these rights 1947
- Highlighted inequality and made suggestions for change
- New laws proposed to deal
with lynching and force
police to protect black
citizens and prosecute
lynch mobs
- However, the de facto was that
some police members were in the
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- However, the de facto was that
some police members were in the
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- Legal obstacles such as
impossible registration tests
stopped black voters
- Truman said to abolish the test and enforce voting rights locally
- De facto was that no laws were passed by
Truman to monitor voting registration in states
- De facto was that no laws were passed by
Truman to monitor voting registration in states
- Truman said to abolish the test and enforce voting rights locally
- White workers received on
average 20 cents more per
hour than black workers
- Truman passed an executive
order which successfully
guaranteed fair employment in
the civil service
- Truman passed an executive
order which successfully
guaranteed fair employment in
the civil service
- Overall segregation
- Restaurant at an airport in
Washington DC was
desegregated
- Restaurant at an airport in
Washington DC was
desegregated
- Highlighted inequality and made suggestions for change
- Conclusion
- Contributed a fair
amount to
improvement of the
AAs but not full
desegragation
- Contributed a fair
amount to
improvement of the
AAs but not full
desegragation
- Desegregation of armed forces 1950
- Direct action
- CORE
- Journey of Reconciliation 1947
- Sent eight white and eight
black men into the South
to test the Supreme
Court's ruling of
segregation on interstate
travel
- Achieved a lot of
media attention and
was the start of much
direct action from
CORE
- Sent eight white and eight
black men into the South
to test the Supreme
Court's ruling of
segregation on interstate
travel
- Congress of Racial Inequality
- Journey of Reconciliation 1947
- CORE
- Legal action
- NAACP
- National Association for the
Advancement of Coloured
People
- Founded 1909
- Put pressure on
politicians, fought court
cases and led non-violent
campaigns
- National Association for the
Advancement of Coloured
People
- Morgan v Virginia
- Many buses ran from one
state to another, so they
could run from segregated
states into non-segregated
ones
- Irene Morgan fined $100 for
refusing to give up her seat to
a white person
- Supreme Court said state laws do not apply
to buses travelling from one state to
another
- Supreme Court said state laws do not apply
to buses travelling from one state to
another
- Many buses ran from one
state to another, so they
could run from segregated
states into non-segregated
ones
- Brown v Board
of Education
- 1954
- Ordered all schools
to desegregate with
'all deliberate
speed'
- Gave southern schools the
impression desegregation didn't
need to be immediate
- Some states took up to 8 years
- Some states took up to 8 years
- Gave southern schools the
impression desegregation didn't
need to be immediate
- 1954
- NAACP
- Things limiting improvements
- Ku Klux Klan
- White supremacists
- Tried to sabotage civil rights
movement by bombing black
schools and churches (violent
methods)
- Tried to sabotage civil rights
movement by bombing black
schools and churches (violent
methods)
- White supremacists
- No leader yet
- Not a nationwide
campaign, more local
direct action
- Ku Klux Klan
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