Cold War vs. Race War

Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s

Brown vs. Board of Education

• Supreme Court Case decision that segregated schools are unequal and must desegregate

• Key Players:–NAACP Legal Defense Team led by: Thurgood Marshall

–NAACP Legal Defense Team from VA led by: Oliver Hill

* This included cases in Virginia and around the country

Brown vs. Board of Education Overturned Plessy v Ferguson

All segregated schools were ordered to desegregate

Response:

VIRGINIA

Massive Resistance. Closing some schools

Establishment of private academies

White flight from urban school

systemsBy interpreting its powers broadly, the Supreme Court can reshape American

society

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iH4Zx96xbY

Civil Rights Movement

NAACP. The National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People

Challenged segregation

in the courts1963 March on

Washington- “I have a dream” speech given by Martin Luther King

- Helped influence public opinion to support civil rights legislation

- Demonstrated the power of non-violent, mass protest

Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Act of 1964- Prohibited

discrimination based on race,

religion, national origin,

and gender- Desegregation

public accommodatio

ns

Voting Rights Act of 1965- Outlawed literacy tests

- Federal registrars were

sent to the South to

register voters- The act

resulted in an increase in

African American

voters

President Lyndon Johnson played a major role in the passage of the act

Essential Understanding…

African Americans, working through the

court system and mass protest, reshaped public opinion and

secured the passage of civil rights legislation