HIST 2112 1st edition Lecture 28Outline of Previous LectureI. The “Fabulous” Fifties?II. Why the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s?III. The Legal Approach – early 1950sIV. The “Civil Disobedience” ApproachV. A successful LegacyOutline of Current Lecture I. WW IIII. Cold WarIII. ConsumerismIV. ViolenceCurrent Lecture I. WW II Fighting Nazis (white supremacist regime) We are being hypocriteso The African Americans see that we are condemning the Nazis but we aren’t treating the African Americans equallyo African Americans point out that they don’t have equality (equal rights) 3rd KKK is created Truman integrates government employees and militaryII. Cold War International Relationso We look weak because we are not united in our country Our Constitution says we are the land of the free but we weren’t giving freedom to everyone International Pressureo “To Secure These Rights” A publication that says African Americans all over the world won’t be our friends because of how we treat the onesin our country. The article doesn’t say we should treat African Americans better because of what our country stands on but because These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.we will then have better relations with other countries that will help us. III. Consumerism Economic engagement of African Americanso The Bus Boycott (1955, Montgomery) Economic resistanceo Rosa Parks Trained activists from the Highlander school The school taught civil disobedience Ghandi used civil disobedience to rebel Martin Luther King Junior knew about this because Highlander school taught it Brown vs. Board of Educationo Legally desegrates schools, repeals separate but equalo “All deliberate speed” no timeline A lot of private schools were created Arkansas 9o National Guard stops the 9 African Americans from attending the highschoolo The President sends in the 100 Airborne to the school to ensure the African Americans are allowed to attend the school and are safe whilebeing thereIV. Violence Emmett Till went missing because he talked to a white woman. The boy was beaten to death and at his funeral his body was on display because the mother wanted to show the world what the men had done to her son Freedom Rideso At most stops they were beaten
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