HI410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Little Rock Nine, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Orval Faubus
26 Jan 2019
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Gives oil rich tidelands back to states. 1954 midterm elections dems take both houses. 1954 end of presidency combines traditional republican ideals w/ some new deal (modern republicanism) 1953 eisenhower names names earl warren to supreme court (became. Warren was supposed to be extremely conservative but then when he became chief justice he was the most liberal court we"ve ever had. 1954 brown v. boe of topeka, ka. Sc rules that doctrine of separate but equal is illegal. 1955 orders all public schools to be desegregated. Ike enforces this in washington d. c. but not in south. Dec 1955 rosa parks refuses to give up her seat in a montgomery alabama bus. Leads to montgomery bus boycott (lead by mlk jr. ) 1957 9 afr amer teens attempt to enter little rock central high in little rock, Ike sends in 101st airborne to forcibly desegregate the school. Oct 4 1957 su launches sputnik (satellite)
