HIST 112 1st Edition Lecture 34LBJ’s Great SocietyOutline of Last Lecture I. CrisisII. LBJ’s ResponseIII. War on PovertyOutline of Current LectureI. War on Poverty continuedII. Did it work?III. SegregationIV. Civil rights movement (1940-49)V. Civil rights movement (1950-59)Current Lecture Key Terms: Affluent society The Other America (1962) LBJ The Great Society War on Poverty Economic Opportunity Act (1964) Social Security Act (1965) Elementary & Secondary Education Act (1965) Higher Education Act (1965) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Smith v. Allwright Brown v. Board of Education Little Rock Nine Montgomery bus boycott Southern Christian Leadership Conference Sit ins Freedom rides Bull Connor A Call for UnityThese 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. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965War on Poverty continued Social Security Act (1965) Medicare – care for elderly Medicaid – care for poor of all ages Elementary/Secondary education act (1965) Provides significant funds for schools for first time Higher Education Act (1965) Increased federal funding at universities Low interest student loansDid it work? From 1963 to 1970 the number of poor individuals decreased Was already trending toward decrease before The Great Society Headstart and Jobcore saw improvements Today ~20% of Americans in poverty Why is it low today? 1970s saw and increase in business production, but profit did not get translated into wages Underemployment – full time minimum wage makes $14,000Segregation A part of everyday life Characterizes the south, but in north too Sundown Town = don’t be in our town at night! Military segregated Most damaging = restrictions placed on black voters Literacy tests Poll taxes Intimidation Plessy v. Ferguson decides segregation is constitutional as long as separate is equalCivil Rights from 1940-49 gradualist movement double V campaign – victory at home and at war 1948 Truman desegregates military Voter rights: Smith v. Allwright Lonnie E Smith decides to run for office Sues democrats for barring blacks from voting in primaries Smith represented by Thurgood Marshall Disenfranchisement of voting Supreme court rules in Smith’s favor Blacks allowed to vote in primariesCivil Rights 1950-59 Turbulent race relations NAACP under attack Concerned about black schools and inequalities Brown v. Board of Education Oliver Brown and daughter Linda Board of Ed Topeka, Kansas White school was closer to home District court rules against Brown (because of Plessy v Ferguson) Brown wasn’t saying school was inferior just further away Others say separate is inherently unequal (psychologically) May 17, 1954 – separate but equal does not work in education Little Rock 9 (1957) High school students Enroll at Little Rock Central High Parents/segregationist mob blocks doors Governor sends state national guard to support mob Bad image during Cold War Ike orders national guard to pull out September 23, 1957 policemen take students in through another door Starts segregationist riot Ike sends in fed troops December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks doesn’t give up bus seat, gets arrested Gives way to Montgomery Bus Boycott Led by MLK Jr. Won’t ride busses til
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