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CIVIL RIGHTS 1950-59 (Montgomery Bus Boycott (However (It was only a local…
CIVIL RIGHTS 1950-59
Montgomery Bus Boycott
1956 Dec 17th
after staying off buses for 381 days, black citizens managed to desegregate the buses
Impacts
MLK came to the forefront as natural leader of civil rights campaign, and this also showed importance of black economic power
1955 Dec 5th
on the day of Rosa's trial, black people staged a one-day boycott. 90% of regular black riders stayed off buses
However
It was only a local campaign, rest of city still segregated
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1955 Dec 1st
Rosa Parks, an African American, is arrested for Civil Disobedience as she sat on the white seat of a bus and refused to move. News got around.
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The Little Rock 9 1957
In 1957 the Supreme Court ordered the governer of Arkansas, Faubus, to let 9 black students attend a white school in Little Rock
One student (Elizabeth Eckford) was abused by a mob and 250 reporters spread the image worldwide which provided humiliation and embarrassment for the President.
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In 1959, all the schools in Arkansas were fully integrated - an eventual victory
50s USA
a rise in gesture, sexuality and attitude as people like Elvis rose to fame
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Brown vs. Board 1954
The NAACP led a court case involving Linda Brown who had to walk several miles across a railway track to attend a black school
After hearing this, the Supreme Court ruled that segregated education could not be equal. Ordered states to segregate with 'all deliberate speed'