HIST 150C3 1st edition Lecture 21 Current LectureCivil Rights in the 1950s and 1960sThurgood Marshall-argued segregation violated 14th amendment-said segregation had an adverse affect on black psychologyBrown v. Board of Education (May 17, 1954)-used this case to dismantle Jim CrowAmerican G.I. Forum (Corpus Christi, TX)-born in Mexico in 1914-family moved to south Texas when he was 3Medgar Evers-went to college -first black person in MI to vote-stopped from voting-joins NAACP, helps desegregateLittle Rock Crisis, Arkansas, 1957Daisy Bates-state president of Little Rock chapter of the NAACP -important leader in the NAACP by promising to protect black families-began her civil rights career by campaigning against sexual assaultGov. Orval Faubus-ordered national guard to prevent 9 black students from enrolling at an all white high schoolThese 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.-fiery segregationistDwight D. Eisenhower-Faubus confused Eisenhower-forced to take action-had to respond to an escalation in the violence outside of Central High SchoolRichard Nixon in Venezuela-on a goodwill mission in Venezuela-his caravan got attacked by protestors-protestors banged on his car and said “What about Little Rock!?”-example of how civil rights situations could
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